>>58257161and i am okay with that
i want to be a knight in shiori's kingdom as part of her personal retinue; when an invading army threatens her homeland i want her father and mother to entrust me with her safety as i take her away and her parents goes off into battle with his army to buy us time to escape. i will protect her as we roam the countryside for months and i will inevitably struggle with the conflict between my love for her and my duty to protect her as a knight. she will be confused as i continually keep her at an arms' length and i will never elaborate why. when the time comes for me to lay my life down to protect her when, and she is cradling my dying body in her arms i will take my feelings to the grave and comfort her by praising her for learning to be a strong leader in her own right
