Reinhard: [Let you go?]
Impossible, was the nuance that reply was laced with, to which Aldebaran shook his head up and down.
Ordering Reinhard to commit suicide, or having him halt the Council of Wise Men’s actions in exchange for his father; unreasonable negotiation demands of the sort were not within his intentions.
It was already clear to him, from the start. ――Reinhard would not go along with hostage negotiations.
Reinhard: [――――]
He was seriously concerned for Heinkel’s safety, he did not want to let Aldebaran, hostile as he was, die, and he was worried about his comrades, Flam and Ezzo, who yet remained in the Tower.
And all of that human compassion, he would be capable of gathering together and heartlessly sacrificing in order to protect the world’s equilibrium if necessity arose.
Reinhard would be able to sacrifice Heinkel, for whose safety he was seriously concerned; he would be able to slay Aldebaran, who he did not want to let die, hostile as he was; he would be able to abandon the comrades he was worried about, Flam and Ezzo, who yet remained in the Tower, leaving them to meet their deaths. ――The Sword Saint, was simply that sort of being.
Henceforth, only those individuals willing to sacrifice their own selves to protect the greater good could become the Sword Saint.
-Arc 9 chapter 15, The Defeated