Sebek declares Malleus’ tsum much more dignified than the other tsums and insists that it ride upon his head or shoulder, as he “cannot abide the thought of a tsum resembling (his) liege walking below human eye level.”
In the courtyard Vil orders Epel to replace Malleus’ tsum when it begins to dance with Vil’s tsum, as he “can’t stand watching that clumsy dancing.”
Refusing to stand idly by after such an insult, Sebek declares that he shall be the Malleus-tsum’s dance partner.
Later Malleus requests Sebek’s assistance with teaching his tsum how to be less intimidating, but Sebek struggles with patting the tsum on its “noble” head and poking: “My heart can’t take this…!”
Lilia says that they ought to skip the minor offenses and go for more overt criticism but Sebek insists he could never criticize his tsum-liege.
Other things we have seen Sebek do for Malleus include:
・Refusing to skip school
・Try to rein in Grim
・Break down a door
・Demand that Rollo hold the Noble Bell College social
・Refuse to join Jade’s Mountain Lover’s Club
・Learn how to confuct himself in social settings
・Say he would have slept in Diasomnia’s garden if he had been assigned to another dorm
・Wish he had been born earlier out of envy of the bond shared between Malleus and Lilia
・Refuse to wear fancy clothing, a gift from Lilia
Book 7 is a dramatic time for Sebek, and he says that he had been second-guessing his choice to oppose the overblotted Malleus: “The look in his eyes as he glared at me with fury and sorrow…it haunts me.”
While he still wonders if staying in the dream might actually make Malleus happier, his true wish is to become Malleus’ finest retainer: “The man that I respect and devote my life to serving is our real-world liege.”
Sebek says he regrets not noticing Malleus’ distress earlier, and he intends to pay more attention from now. (Sebek being inattentive is a theme; more here ->)
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