C Support:

Alcryst: I vow to protect you, Lapis.
Lapis: Prince Alcryst? What are you talking about?
Alcryst: You kept me safe during battle the other day.
Lapis: Of course I did. I’m your retainer. It’s my duty to keep you safe.
Alcryst: Yes, but I don’t deserve it. I’m useless, but your character and skills have real value.
Alcryst: That’s why, from now on, I vow to protect you in battle, Lapis!
Lapis: Wh─
Alcryst: But then, I suppose those words are hollow coming from someone as unreliable as me.
Lapis: That makes three.
Alcryst: What?
Lapis: This is the third time you’ve vowed to protect me like this, Prince Alcryst.
Alcryst: Oh. Yes. Now that you mention it, I do recall saying it…just after we met.
Alcryst: And then again at the Grand Crossing, if I’m recalling correctly.
Lapis: That’s right. Hearing you say those words, it made me…
Lapis: …
Lapis: Please stop trying to switch our duties like this. I’m just a retainer. You’re a prince.
Alcryst: I─ I’m sorry. I’m just being honest about how I see things.
Lapis: No, I know that.
Lapis: But I don’t think many retainers would be OK with their master taking a hit for them.
Alcryst: I…apologize.
Lapis: Oh, please don’t take it hard. I know how you meant it. I appreciate the thought…OK?
Alcryst: Yes…of course.

B Support:

Alcryst: Lapis? I want to apologize for making that vow the other day.
Lapis: Oh, but, Prince Alcryst. Please don’t worry about it.
Lapis: I should apologize for trying to tell you what you’re allowed to say.
Alcryst: You did nothing wrong.
Alcryst: It was my mistake. I didn’t consider how my words would make you feel.
Alcryst: However…there is one thing I’ll stand by.
Alcryst: I really do think that you’re an amazing person, Lapis.
Lapis: That’s not… I’m really not that amazing.
Alcryst: You are. I know that you are.
Alcryst: I know that you always send part of your pay back home to support your family.
Alcryst: I also know you spend your free time subduing dangerous beasts that enter the area.
Lapis: How did you…find out about…
Alcryst: You’re so much more valuable to this world than I am, Lapis.
Alcryst: That’s why I─
Lapis: That’s why you keep saying that you should be protecting me.
Lapis: Oh…
Lapis: Prince Alcryst… You have no idea…
Lapis: It breaks my heart to hear you talk like this.
Lapis: I’m sorry… I have to go.
Alcryst: Wow… I really am useless.
Alcryst: I can’t even let a close retainer know how much I appreciate her without upsetting her…
Alcryst: I’m unfit to be anyone’s master.
Alcryst: …

A Support:

Lapis: I vow to protect you, Prince Alcryst!
Alcryst: Lapis?
Lapis: Like I keep saying, I’m your retainer. Protecting you is my job.
Lapis: But I’m not doing this because I have to.
Lapis: I want to protect you.
Alcryst: Why in the world would you want to protect me? I’m not worth it.
Lapis: That! That right there. That’s what I’m talking about when I say that you have no idea.
Alcryst: You said that last time─that I had no idea how you felt.
Lapis: It’s not about my feelings, Prince Alcryst. You have no idea how great you really are.
Alcryst: How…great I am?
Lapis: You’re so, so perceptive. You always know so much about other people.
Lapis: Yet you choose to focus on each person’s best qualities. You find skills no one else notices.
Lapis: I can’t even count all the times you’ve lifted me up by reminding me what I’m good at.
Alcryst: It’s easy to notice those things when everyone else is more skilled than I am. Drastically so.
Lapis: No, that’s not true. It’s because you’re a kind person, Prince Alcryst.
Lapis: You’re skilled and kind and so charming…
Lapis: Yet you’d throw your life away to keep others safe─even the retainers who protect you.
Lapis: Do you really think that’s supposed to make me happy?
Alcryst: Oh…
Alcryst: In that case…what if we form an alliance of protection?
Lapis: What does that mean?
Alcryst: It means I will vow to protect you…and accept your protection of me. And you’ll do the same.
Alcryst: That way, we both protect someone we care for and accept that we are cared for in return.
Lapis: Heh, much better. You finally sound like the kind prince that you are. Count me in.
Alcryst: I’m glad to hear it. Let’s try this again, but together this time.
Alcryst: I vow to protect you, Lapis.
Lapis: And I vow to protect you, Prince Alcryst.
Alcryst: Thank you…and I accept.