[ He has to grit his teeth. The original sword feels especially heavy right now, difficult to lug behind him when he's already pushing forward with another sword. Though perhaps he can properly secure it through a belt loop so he has one less thing to carry physically. It frees a hand to hold onto the wall, and push forward with one foot after another.

The feelings lick at his heart like flames, but- he is Suou Tsukasa, the king of knights- the head of the Suou family. And no matter what, if he someday desires to protect his seniors, then conquering a walkway like this--? It is nothing. He'll have to do so much more.

He may not be able to do a lot right now. But what he can do? Is he can focus on a step. And then the second after that. If he can just make the goal a single step more each time, then he can find the strength to push back the feelings that keep intruding and press forward. He is Suou Tsukasa- the king who will someday find his knights and liberate their spirits from the ties that bind them to hell. And that is just the beginning. ]