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The teen just shrugged his shoulders, "beats me, it just popped into my head. What was that song anyway?"
"It was…just an old lullaby from my family," replied the blonde girl, a sad expression on her face as she looked away from him.
"You don't sound too happy about it," observed Issei, a frown growing on his face.
"It's not something to be proud of," replied the girl, neither of them noticing the Saber card's glow seeming to grow darker at this reply.
"But she did everything you wanted, she succeeded like you wanted! She fulfilled your desire, she brought down her father! Why aren't you proud of her!" shouted Issei, as an inexplicable feeling of anger surged and a few streaks of blonde hair began to appear on his head, before the teen's eyes widened at what he just said.
'Where did that come from?' he thought in confusion as the girl just stared at him with wide eyes before her sad expression grew larger.
"It wasn't right…to use a childlike that…for simple vengeance. How can I be proud of something like that? Regardless of if it worked or not, I cannot, will not, and never will never be proud of her," frowned the girl sadly.
"Then why do you sing it?" asked Issei, his frown deepening as a feeling of sadness and anger briefly spiked through his body.
"As a reminder," answered the girl with a sigh.
"A reminder of what?" replied Issei, his curiosity peaked by this witch girl.
The blonde girl just had an uncharacteristic snarl appear on her face as she replied, "to not end up like she did. That just because we share the name doesn't mean that we are the same, I don't want to end up as cruel and corrupt as she did, torturing children, brainwashing them into slaves for my purpose."
Unnoticed by anyone the Saber card began glowing again as Issei felt a brief sense of confusion fill his mind as the girl continued.
"I want people to look at me and see me for who I am, not who she was or what I might become. My brother was the only one who ever treated me as my own person, despite being the one person who should hate me more than anyone else," said the girl with a smile appearing on her face for the first time.
"A child doesn't pick their parents and the sins of the parent should never be passed down to their children," comforted Issei, as his own smile appeared on his face.
"Now you're beginning to sound like my brother," laughed the girl, causing another spike of anger to briefly course through Issei's body.
"Then he is a wise person, isn't he?" asked Issei, a bit of steel creeping into his tone.
Oblivious to this the blonde girl nodded, "that's right, and strong to. He protects me even when he should be worrying about himself first, but I guess that's just how siblings are."
"I wouldn't know I'm afraid, I never had any siblings," answered Issei with another shrug.
"Well, maybe you will in a couple of years, I'm sure you'd make a great brother," assured the girl.
Issei just shook his head, "that's not possible, my mother died when I was still young and my father refused to remarry, I guess not even death could do them apart."
A sad and guilty expression appeared on the girl's face, "I'm so sorry."
"Don't be, you couldn't have known. Besides it's in the past now, nothing can be done about it," replied the teen with a wave of his hand.
The two were silent for a couple of minutes before the girl turned to face him again with a slight blush on her cheeks, "you're a kind person aren't you."
Issei just laughed, "I could say the same about you miss…"
The girl's expression brightened, "right I never introduced myself did I? My name is Le Fay Pendragon, it's nice to meet you."
"Pendragon huh?" mused Issei, only to cry in pain and collapse to the ground as a pounding headache appeared, the blonde streaks in his hair multiplying and the Saber card's glow growing stronger.
"Hey are you okay?" questioned a worried Le Fay as she rushed over to him, only to stop short as she grabbed him on the shoulder and immediately felt the magical energy emanating from the cardholder.
The descendant could only watch as more and more blonde streaks grew in Issei's hair before the teen's image was briefly replaced with a familiar masked knight glaring at her with hatred. The image passed quickly however and Le Fay felt the magical energy from the cardholder dissipate as the blonde streaks disappeared from the teen's head. 'What the…?' thought the girl in shock, only to be snapped out of it as Issei replied to her previous question.
"Yeah…yeah…I'm fine, it's just a headache," assured the teen as he slowly struggled to his feet and held out his hand.
"Le Fay? Well that's a nice name, mine is Issei Hyoudou," he introduced with a smile, causing Le Fay to freeze.
"Did you just say Issei Hyoudou?" she asked, fearfully.
"Yeah, why?" questioned Issei with a confused expression.
"No reason, I have to go now, my brother will be waiting for me," replied the girl, quickly.
"Do you need me to walk you home? It's dangerous for a girl like you to be walking home alone," offered Issei.
"No! I mean, it's kind of you to ask but I'll be alright," cried Le Fay as she waved her arms for emphasis.
"Well…if you're sure, maybe we'll meet again in the future?" said Issei as he lowered his hand.
"For your sake…I hope we don't," whispered the descendant, softly as she walked away.
'And I hope I'm wrong about you,' she added, silently thinking back to that familiar knight and most importantly…it's helm.
"So how's your training going Asia?" asked Issei with a smile as the trio walked to school, causing the nun to blush as turned away from him.
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