[ yeah, no, somehow izumi should've expected all that. he was a fool to think that this party wasn't going to build up into something stupid - but that's just how leo rolls. and this kind of unexpected expectedness feels like things are back to normal again, for the most part.

izumi was about to open his mouth to retort to leo's crazy ideas again, as per the norm, but leo just had to add more to it which made izumi pause in his tracks for a moment before he recomposes himself. ]

...I know.

[ he knows all too well; the memory of pledging himself to leo and vice versa is hard to forget, after all. ]

I want to make one thing clear, though: I have no plans leaving Knights at all. We already talked about this before we graduated, remember? That hasn't changed.

[ not that he thinks that leo may have forgotten it, but hopefully his earnest words will get through his heart and his peabrain. ]

So if this is just some temporary unit thing like Traumerei, fine. But we'll see if they can survive my training regimen in the coming new year, fufu.

[ because of fucking course he'll take care of the lessons and training! ahhh, how he misses whipping newbies into shape :) ]