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[knifenut]

[ Though considering the video is a close up of the toe of a white boot, which is tapping up and down on top of what looks like wet roof tiles, there's not much point to a video in the first place. ]

The people who brought us here have a lot of nerve asking us to fight for them without giving back in return. If they're going to take us away from our homes and demand that we fight for them, they should give us a reward for what we're doing. I don't want their useless money, I want real compensation for my time. I'm a professional, after all. Paying me to fight battles that don't involve me isn't cheap.

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[reassures]

Not even being stuck here?

[knifenut]

Since I'll be leaving soon I don't see why I should be.

[reassures]

You're very full of yourself.

[knifenut]

Ah? No, I just know what I'm capable of.

[reassures]

And what are you capable of?

[knifenut]

Lots of things.

[ Hope she didn't expect a real answer. ]

[reassures]

[She was kind of hoping for one.]

They can't be very impressive if you can't tell me about them.

[knifenut]

Think what you want. A prince doesn't concern himself with the opinions of peasants.

[reassures]

What are you a prince of?

[knifenut]

[ A pause. Well... it's not like he's in his own world where he needs to keep that on the dl. At the same time, why go spilling something like that so readily? ]

A country, of course.

[reassures]

What does a prince of a country do?

[The only stories she's heard about princes involve princesses, and in her opinion they weren't very good stories.]

[knifenut]

Who knows? I left home when I was a child. I'll return one day and deal with all of that then when I become king.

[reassures]

Would they let you become king if you left them?

[knifenut]

Shishishi. Once I tie up some loose ends they won't have a choice.

[reassures]

You sound full of yourself again.

[knifenut]

What's your point?

[reassures]

I was just pointing it out.

Your name is Belphegor?

[knifenut]

That's right.

[reassures]

[She doesn't like the name at all, but she can't quite figure out why.]

So, Belphegor-- what does a prince do when he abandons his country?

[knifenut]

[ Probably the demonic origins of the name. That's probably it. ]

Ushishishi. I haven't abandoned it, because I'll be back soon enough. I am its rightful ruler after all.

[reassures]

[...Was that a laugh. She's pretty sure that was a laugh. What on earth kind of laugh was that.]

If you leave something and don't go back for several years, I think that counts as abandoning it.

[knifenut]

[ The best kind of laugh! ]

If I'm coming back then it's fine. They'll handle things without me for awhile.

[reassures]

How do you know you'll be accepted by them again?

[knifenut]

Because I won't give them a choice.

[reassures]

I think they call people like that dictators.