Waver was oddly quick to shake his head. “Your kindness is appreciated, but unnecessary.” There were few things that the man didn’t budge on. One being his own inadequacy, and the other being how very foolish he had been as a teenager. It had been something hard learned, and drummed into his head by certain people and experiences. So Mitsuru’s words were kind, and appreciated for what they were meant to be, but he’d never quite believe them. Even as he’d learned to push forward and come to terms with certain aspects of himself… Enough to make something of his life… He still had a particularly famous inferiority complex. What he knew or had decided about himself would always be hard for him to move past. He didn’t look for sympathy, nor expect kindness on the subject. Which could make things a touch awkward, especially if Gray pointed something out.
Mitsuru had hit the nail on the head concerning relics. It could literally empty a mage’s accounts in order to win one at auction or secure the purchase of something so priceless. The case at Iselma would have been several times less complicated were it not for one mage having decided they needed a relic, and wanted it enough to storm the residence of the mage who’d purchased it for other reasons… “The fights that can break out between mages is rather frightful on the subject, I’m afraid. Being caught in the middle of it is no picnic, either.” He rubbed at his temple, a frown deepening. He really had hated that case, between the attack on his sister and Touko Aozaki’s creature running out of control, all over a simple Cinderella enchantment that had destroyed the catalyst to summon Siegfried? It had been an absolute mess for him to deal with.
The question gets a small pause, the easiest way being to explain his current situation with Iskandar’s mantle and this so-called Hephaestion that had appeared… But Waver instead took the easy way out. There was another example he could make, as much as he didn’t like the spirit involved. “Take the story of King Arthur and the knights of the round table, for instance. Should you happen to get your hands on a piece of that very table? One could successfully summon Arthur, perhaps… But it would be just as likely that you could get any of the other nights that sat at that table given they’re all just as tied to the story. So if one wanted to be sure of their summon, they would be better off gaining a relic that would be tied to the specific spirit alone.”
He smiled wryly as Mitsuru came to the conclusion that he would have offered as an answer, tilting his head forward in a brief nod. “Yes, that would be it exactly, I’m afraid. Many mages see the partnership as a means to an end, and forming attachments or bonds with the heroic spirit is considered unnecessary by many mages.” And here was Waver, nearly ten years later, wishing he could have the chance to see the man he’d summoned again. He was a very odd duck as far as mages went, though, and they often said as much.
“It certainly can be. One never knows when a killing blow might come from the shadows... Even allies made are all tentative, given the nature of the war and the prize everyone is attempting to win by the end of it.” He shook his head slightly, huffing lightly. “Then there’s the fact that some heroic spirits see little reason to conceal their identities and go boasting based on their rather oafish, overly friendly personalities. The challenges one faces can come from so many complications, from outside parties or within the team.” That wasn’t even counting entrants who hadn’t even cared about the grail, and only sought to commit atrocities.
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Mitsuru had hit the nail on the head concerning relics. It could literally empty a mage’s accounts in order to win one at auction or secure the purchase of something so priceless. The case at Iselma would have been several times less complicated were it not for one mage having decided they needed a relic, and wanted it enough to storm the residence of the mage who’d purchased it for other reasons… “The fights that can break out between mages is rather frightful on the subject, I’m afraid. Being caught in the middle of it is no picnic, either.” He rubbed at his temple, a frown deepening. He really had hated that case, between the attack on his sister and Touko Aozaki’s creature running out of control, all over a simple Cinderella enchantment that had destroyed the catalyst to summon Siegfried? It had been an absolute mess for him to deal with.
The question gets a small pause, the easiest way being to explain his current situation with Iskandar’s mantle and this so-called Hephaestion that had appeared… But Waver instead took the easy way out. There was another example he could make, as much as he didn’t like the spirit involved. “Take the story of King Arthur and the knights of the round table, for instance. Should you happen to get your hands on a piece of that very table? One could successfully summon Arthur, perhaps… But it would be just as likely that you could get any of the other nights that sat at that table given they’re all just as tied to the story. So if one wanted to be sure of their summon, they would be better off gaining a relic that would be tied to the specific spirit alone.”
He smiled wryly as Mitsuru came to the conclusion that he would have offered as an answer, tilting his head forward in a brief nod. “Yes, that would be it exactly, I’m afraid. Many mages see the partnership as a means to an end, and forming attachments or bonds with the heroic spirit is considered unnecessary by many mages.” And here was Waver, nearly ten years later, wishing he could have the chance to see the man he’d summoned again. He was a very odd duck as far as mages went, though, and they often said as much.
“It certainly can be. One never knows when a killing blow might come from the shadows... Even allies made are all tentative, given the nature of the war and the prize everyone is attempting to win by the end of it.” He shook his head slightly, huffing lightly. “Then there’s the fact that some heroic spirits see little reason to conceal their identities and go boasting based on their rather oafish, overly friendly personalities. The challenges one faces can come from so many complications, from outside parties or within the team.” That wasn’t even counting entrants who hadn’t even cared about the grail, and only sought to commit atrocities.