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Ah, there you are.
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Here to complain again, Lorenz?
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Do I look like a man who does nothing but complain? Simply preposterous!
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OK, then what do you want?
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I'm not sure if you noticed, but I have grown remarkably stronger as of late.
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I've poured all my effort—nay, my very blood—into these results. And do you know why that is?
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To win the war, right?
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That may be part of it, yes. But the impetus came from you throwing down the gauntlet!
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Because you wanna be more popular with women?
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I assure you, I have never lacked popularity with the ladies! No, it is because you threw down the gauntlet!
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I don't remember doing anything like that.
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You surely could not have forgotten. Your words ring true in my ears even now.
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It was something like, "If you don't want people running in to save you, then you just gotta get stronger than me."
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That does sound like me.
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And I believe I responded...
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"The day my strength surpasses yours, my noble personage will save your commoner skin and restore the proper order to this world!"
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Did you?
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Yes, I most certainly did! And now, that day has finally come. I am a man of my word, after all.
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If I could only just rescue you from a perilous spot in battle, I will have truly fulfilled my vow.
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So, that was a vow, huh?
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Yes, one I whispered into the ears of the goddess herself. Yet you seem dead set on foiling my every opportunity to fulfill it!
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Somehow you never stumble, never falter on the battlefield. It's almost as if you're an army all on your own.
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And so, despite my every intention to rush in and rescue you, the opportunity never arises! Well? What do you plan to do about this?
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OK, see what you're doing right now? You're complaining again. But you've got it all wrong.
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The reason I don't run into trouble in battle isn't because I'm all-powerful or something.
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It's because I have reliable allies like you fighting alongside me.
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So you see, you've already fulfilled your vow.
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What? I... Hm. Well, I must say I'm quite impressed with myself. It seems I've managed to save your life without even realizing it!
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Which means I, Lorenz Hellman Gloucester, have emerged victorious in our challenge!
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Congrats, Lorenz. You did good.
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But just so we're clear, you're not so full of it to think you're actually stronger than me, are you?
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Challenge? What challenge? All of this was your idea. I never agreed to any of it.
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And besides, I don't think you've actually accomplished anything yet. I mean, you don't really think you're stronger than me, do you?
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Ah, throwing down another gauntlet! Very well, then! How about a little sparring session, right here and now?
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Bring it. But no complaining if you lose, all right?