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What happened?
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Sylvain
I fell for that girl recently, but I just wanted to have some fun and leave it at that. So I told her we should break it off.
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I fell for that girl recently, but I just wanted to have some fun and leave it at that. So I told her we should break it off.
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Sylvain
I guess she was feeling a little more serious than I was. She started crying, and everything got a bit...complicated.
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I guess she was feeling a little more serious than I was. She started crying, and everything got a bit...complicated.
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Sylvain
Besides, I don't care what you think of me. I don't intend to change how I live my life.
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Besides, I don't care what you think of me. I don't intend to change how I live my life.
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Sylvain
I'm a good-for-nothing, if you haven't noticed, but I'm still a noble with a Crest. That's all anyone cares about.
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I'm a good-for-nothing, if you haven't noticed, but I'm still a noble with a Crest. That's all anyone cares about.
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Sylvain
It's best to avoid getting too serious with fools like that. It only leads to trouble.
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It's best to avoid getting too serious with fools like that. It only leads to trouble.
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What was your experience?
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Sylvain
Most children who are born to noble families are tested upon birth to see if they bear one.
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Most children who are born to noble families are tested upon birth to see if they bear one.
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Sylvain
Even descendants of the 10 Elites, like myself, can't be legitimate heirs without a Crest.
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Even descendants of the 10 Elites, like myself, can't be legitimate heirs without a Crest.
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Sylvain
Those children then grow up to be heads of their houses, and the vicious cycle continues.
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Those children then grow up to be heads of their houses, and the vicious cycle continues.
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Sylvain
Do you get it now? To all these commoner girls, I'm just a trophy. Or rather, a studhorse.
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Do you get it now? To all these commoner girls, I'm just a trophy. Or rather, a studhorse.
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Sylvain
If I marry a girl and she gives birth to a child with a Crest, that kid might become the next head of House Gautier.
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If I marry a girl and she gives birth to a child with a Crest, that kid might become the next head of House Gautier.
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Sylvain
For ages now, those of us with Crests have been envied and desired but never for who we are.
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For ages now, those of us with Crests have been envied and desired but never for who we are.
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Sylvain
I know better than to dream of being free from this burden. I'm used to it by now.
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I know better than to dream of being free from this burden. I'm used to it by now.
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You don't think that way anymore?
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Sylvain
You know what? I'm a bit jealous. The whole time you were growing up, you never knew you had a Crest.
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You know what? I'm a bit jealous. The whole time you were growing up, you never knew you had a Crest.