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[h2][b]Cerzelium Orchelas[/b][/h2]
[i]Outside Apartment Workshop, Core District[/i]
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[quote][color=007236]"My Servant will come down there to kill yours, and then you'll be free from all this stress. You'll have no more reason to tremble."[/color][/quote]
"Ah..."

How fortunate. They had said it, rather than him. They had expressed the desire to commit evil. 

Was he absolved? No, of course not. Even in self-defense, even if it was another who acted to kill and you merely killed them out of retaliation or self-preservation, killing was undoubtedly evil. However, it softened the blow. It made those harsh lines smoother. He would still commit evil if he killed this man's Servant, but it would be slightly less. The burden hoisted onto those shoulders would be just a hair lighter. 

Moreover, the man himself did not need to die, so long as he did not interfere. So long as he did as was requested, there was no reason to take his life. This, too, was fortunate, for killing a living human with the capacity to evolve was surely a greater evil than taking the life of one who already knew death, even if both were certainly evil.

While his Magic Circuits had opened as a precautionary measure, there was no sign of action on the Master's part. His eyes simply remained fixed on the sight before him, watching as his Servant battled the enemy. 

[i]'Show me, Rider.'

'Show me the strength you gained from rejecting the king of evils.'[/i]