#fusanosuke suffers from ptsd

[shroudkeeper]

She is your student and you are the master. Though that relationship is sacred and meant to be respected, it is time to transition from that and see her as your betrothed. You and I both know that I do not expect you to suddenly fall in love with her Hayate, for that shift in dynamic will take time, but time is what this relationship between you two will grant her. To extend her life is a boon that I will gift her.

She has never known love, and for someone like her, who has seen her share of demise and deaths, who manipulates the world around her, it is best to keep her away from others who would utilize her for their own purposes.

Even merchants can not be trustworthy, he has proven that. I indulged her whimsy because I am a sentimental man, I took on the contract because she asked this of me. However..

..if he were to fall, to be killed because she could not protect him, because he could not protect himself, it would break her heart and cause her spirit to wilt.

I refuse to lose another daughter to grief.

Treat her delicately, like a work of art. You already harbor care for her in your heart, show it to her more than before. Keep her company while he is overseas; I give you permission to take to the markets, to the theaters for her favorite plays, continue to train her, keep her distracted. Allow the public to see you both together.

Let her forget him, her heart will mend, for time and your company will ease the aches that she will endure.

I will deal with her ire, and perhaps my guilt will eat away at me. But I will not suffer her to experience such loss..