Sensei suddenly put on a serious face and says it.
“-It’s ‘Sacrifice’. During the game, there will definitely be a time when you have to abandon your ‘pieces’. How will you cope with it when that time comes? Your value as a ‘King’ will be tested then.”
“……So you are saying I should abandon the option to save them?”
Sensei shook his head at my question.
“You can save them. If you can save them, then you should do that. In real battle it is a serious thing, saving your comrades that is. –But it won’t be like that during a game. Since there is a transportation when you retire, chances of you dying are slim. That being the case, you may have to abandon a critically injured comrade, and move on to the next step.”
“……You sure ask me for a difficult option.”
I can’t abandon my comrades. If my comrades are in a pinch, then I would go and save them immediately.
“You have the greatest affections with your comrades in this group. And that will turn into an obstacle in future games. –Kiba.”
Sensei then moves his gaze from me to Kiba.
“Yes.”
“During the game, in the worst case, who would you choose between Rias and Ise?”
“I will choose Buchou.”
Kiba answers Sensei without any hesitation. Yeah, that’s the right answer. Even I would have hit him if he chose me instead.
I’m not the one who has to survive in the worst case during the game. That would be the ‘King’, Buchou. If the ‘King’ was taken down, then all is done for.
Sensei continues after confirming that.