I’VE FOUND THE SOLUTION, it works in my game !
Sharing a cup with him, he now asked me some question about my own life.
*choice
*disable_reuse *selectable_if (school <1) #How was your school life ?
Oh, such a benign question coming from and intense individual.
Well, my school life this time around wasn't wildly different from my first rodeo.
"It's fine, I went by, I'm done now at least." My nonplussed answer made him roll his eyes before a knuckle hit me, way more softly than usual, the forehead.
"I wouldn't say just [i]fine[/i] especially since you graduated in the top ten, and I know" narrowing his eyes, a smirk on his lips "that you could have blasted at least in the top five or three instead of being ninth. Had you been more serious." My, lowkey-highkey scholar plan didn't make him happy to say the least. I guess that in this aspect, he really was like a dad wanting their kid to be the very best, not sabotage themselves.
*Page_break Anyhow.
"I'm proud of you though." Immediately after these words, as if to prevent himself of spilling more of his feelings, he gulped down his cup.
*set school +1
*set tea_adama +1
*goto_scene affectationadama2
*disable_reuse *selectable_if (school =1) #Are you happy about your affectation ?"
Ah.
Such a topic.
"Well, the ${affectation} is quite prestigious isn't it ?"
He looked sternly at me, trying to figure out my words.
"Are you genuinely happy about your affectation or are you trying to fit into some kind of mold you've made up in you head ? Because you aren't any less deserving than any of these kids."
*Page_break "I'm…happy."
I won't start spewing any kind of uncertainties here.
Whatever path I choose, I need to stick to it.
Hopefully I won't regret it.
The silent was heavy, until he decided to just…teleport us back to my place, he sits on my desk chair casually.
[i]Crazy dude.[/i]
*set school +1
*set tea_adama +2
*goto_scene affectationadama2
*selectable_if (tea_adama>2) #And what about your weapon ?
Ouch, quite the touchy question, especially with the way I've acquired it…
Should I still show it to him ?
*choice
#Yes, I'm confident enough that I should be able to play it out smoothly.
*[b]"$!{command}."[/b]
A dark mist surrounded me as the weapon was beginning to materialize, Suddenly, I could see his eyebrows immediately lowering deep.
"Stop."
Without missing a beat, I halted the manifestation, worried.
[i]Did he notice something ?[/i]
He looked at me throughly, as if trying to make sense out of pieces of a puzzle.
"I'm not going to ask, not going to wonder about it. But I know that this. This was no Imperial relic." Rubbing his temple vigorously, he almost sounded dejected when he asked.
"Why is everything surronding your life so…complicated ?"
I knew that he didn't actually want an answer to that, but if I had to give him one, it'd be.
[i]You don't know half of it.[/i]
*goto_scene affectationadama3
#I try to divert his attention away from the...sensitive topic
"I don't think I can actually call it without the Empress releasing the seal can I ?" I innocently ask.
"Oh so you do know how to play by the rules huh ?" He leans back on the chair, looking me up and down, a small frown marring his features.
"I could release it for you, but…" a deep sigh leaves him and we both get the message.
He knows something weird is up with my relic.
*goto_scene affectationadama3