>>5393109"Why are you doing all this?" you ask him seriously. "Why hold a tournament and go through all this instead of just, I don't know, going out and finding someone you like who likes you back? Like Cha-Chilli did with Megumin?"
“The Saiyan King doesn't marry someone for their personality's sake, or how much he likes them.” he replies seriously, no hint of irony in his voice. “The role of the Saiyan Queen is to produce powerful heirs, to raise them into worthy princes.”
“That was the role of the Saiyan Queen, back on Planet Vegeta.” you tell him. “That doesn't mean such traditions necessarily need to be brought to this world as well.”
“I've spent the last few weeks thinking this over and it is for the best.” he answers you. “Many of the old traditions have been done away with by my hand, but this is not one of them. The Saiyan King must always be a powerful warrior.”
“Even if you don't have the same sort of life I live?” you ask him.
“Yes, Karn. Being the king means I have many things I must consider, including the future of our race a hundred years from now.” he says seriously, his expression reminding you that he is now the King of the Saiyans, not the young, arrogant boy you'd first started teaching. “One's personal potential happiness doesn't compare to the duty of ensuring the survival of our race. Ensuring the strength of the future generations to battle whatever madness comes for us next.”
As he makes his declaration, you can almost <span class="mu-i">feel</span> his determination and resolve radiating off of him. Even Emilia notices it, yet you do notice a look you can't quite place on her face for just a moment. It wasn't pride in him, or respect, or devotion, but you can clearly tell she feels such ways for him. But something more. However, she noticed you looking and immediately turned her face to a blank, unreadable mask. King Vegeta notices the exchange, looking from her to you curiously. So, you decide to just go out and ask the question on your mind.
“What about Emilia?” you ask him directly. His expression changes, the king smiling at the corner of his mouth. But something about his eyes isn't smiling, giving you the feeling that you just touched on a rather sore subject.
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