FOR NIER (YES I KNOW SPOILERS, HEI)

[duranduel]

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[amain]

[ problematic friends...! ]

... Iris offered Kainé and I a home, so I was thinking of stopping by to pick up Yonah, then live there. She'll have more people to keep her company as I look for a cure. It should also be safer with monsters.

[ Nodding. ]

Are you just heading back to where you came from?

[duranduel]

Oh, that's really sweet of Iris! Ah, I'm glad.

[IT'S WHAT THEY ALL DESERVE!!!!]

And, uh. No. [He shakes his head.] If I went back to where I came from, the Throne of Heroes, I'd lose all my memories until I was summoned again. I'm going to go back to Wang Lu's world, and let his magical energy keep me around.

[amain]

[ how am i missing words *without monsters ]

Oh... So it took you straight out of a summoning thing. [ Weird. Nier will never completely understand and stamps it as MAGIC. ] His magical energy?

[ explain the master mechanic now ]

[duranduel]

Yeah. Basically, in order to keep a Servant around, you need to fuel them with mana. That's like...magical energy, yeah. In this case, he would make a contract with me, and become my Master, specifically for that purpose. That means that my existence is tied to his...

[can't believe he's getting magic married before getting married]

[amain]

Oh... So it wasn't some kind of roleplaying thing.

[duranduel]

[.....]



W-What?

[amain]

... Roleplaying?

[ RE




PEATS ]

[duranduel]

...



[...........]

Wait, why would it be playing at roles, those would be our roles....


[he actually doesn't know what roleplaying is]

[amain]

... I heard it was a sex thing.

[ Nier only heard. He didn't look it up. Don't ask him more, he wouldn't know. ]

[duranduel]

......

[He turns a vivid crimson.]

I-I can tell you it is not a sex thing.

[amain]

... Yeah, I thought it probably wasn't since you would have been more awkward around Byleth if it was.

[ HAHA ]

[duranduel]

Stooooop. Nier. Please.

[AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]

Anyways, it's just a contract, so...! Yeah. It'll work out.

[amain]

I’m sorry for the misunderstanding.

[ HE WILL STOP, but he can’t help it. He’s going to chuckle a bit… ]

You two are so sweet, though. I saw him in the crowd when we were stabbing Nona.

[duranduel]

Ah, yeah, I'm...really lucky to have him.

[He's blushing as he says it, but he's notably happy.]

You, um, have Kainé, right?

[amain]

[ And Nier is happy for him. He perks out of it when Mandricardo asks. ]

Yeah, I do... I always have. [ Romantic or not. ] I think Sakyou might come around to, but we'll see?

Otherwise, I think I'm well-loved by more than just them. I've been very lucky.

[duranduel]

[SORRY WAIT WHAT HIS MIND IS STOPPING AND DOING A THREE-POINT TURN BACK INTO THIS CONVERSATION]



S-S-S-SAKYOU?!

[amain]

... Yeah. Is... Is something wrong?

[ WHAT IS HAPPENING ]

[duranduel]

[AHHHHHHHHHH]

H-He said he loves you and Kainé? Or at least, he's there for you and her?

[amain]

Yeah, he did. It came to me as a surprise, too.

Just some things have been complicated—with his death, then our trip to Iris' fief to fight in her war. He might need some time.

[ Also Nier and Kainé refusing to Be Away. ]

[duranduel]

Ah..........wow..........


[And he's actually blushing a bit? He looks relieved?]

I-I was so worried about him...the fact that he said something like that....that's good. That's really good.

[amain]

... So you're also aware of his tendency to run.

[ NIER

IS SO TIRED ]

[duranduel]

[Just. Looks away. And nods.]

Well, when I, um, confessed to him weeks ago, he really did his best to, yes...not physically, but...

[amain]

[ OH. ]

Sorry—I didn't know.

[duranduel]

Oh! No, no, it's okay.

[A wave of the hand.]

I love him, I do, but...not like the love I have for Wang Lu. [sometimes you have a crush and it turns into deep platonic stuff, it's good!!] At the time though, he was very insistent that he couldn't be in any relationship. So that's why I'm really happy for him, and you guys.

[amain]

That's good to hear... I wouldn't have wanted to step on any toes.

[ The truth is Nier never asked for anything and all of this happened around him and he's like i guess... i'm here... and this is mine...? ]

I'm glad to know he has a lot of good friends, though. I'm sure you and a lot of other people helped him through all of this, so I want to thank you.