[ He may not be asking outright, but he is nosy as he is Yzak Jule. This is evidenced by the way he leans his (only) hand on the desk memory-Kazuma sits at, watching Ryunosuke but peeping down to see if whatever Kazuma is doing there is something tangible or just vague memory-blurry. Nosy ass mfer.

When posed the question, blue eyes move back to the only other actual real thing here aside from himself. ]

Of course I am.

Back when I was still a soldier, I was assigned to Le Creuset Team, something considered an honor even among us elite. The Commander was well known even against our enemy for his talents and his feats on the battlefield. A cunning strategist with an amazing record, an air of mystery about him wrapped up in the charisma he could show just about anybody.

That's what he said to me, once. When something felt wrong about the circumstances surrounding various allies of ours breaking away from our military and simply being labeled as traitors. "It's difficult to know the feelings hidden inside someone's heart." An easy concept to accept. And a completely truthful one.

[ He frowns. ]

But he was essentially telling on himself, saying that. Because it was him who'd deceived his way into what became the rotting core of the bullshit that was really going on during the first war.