"At the start, the Sword Maiden and I were just comrades on an adventure. Since her talent is swordsmanship, I followed her lead and learned swordsmanship as well. I never had the chance for a mage education; she would learn the knowledge from school and then teach me..."
"I forgot if there was ever a confession phase, but she said there was, so I guess there was."
"Our relationship wasn't smooth sailing, mainly because of me. To put it in a more literary way, my heart was shattered into pieces, and each piece only loved one person... I feel like if I dared to say this in front of her, I would be dead."
Without hiding or avoiding anything, Ash told Nia about his journey and love story with Sonia. Sometimes he would smile unconsciously, other times he would nostalgically recount vivid details, completely ignoring if his only listener wanted to hear it or not.
