A chuckle escaped Jeanne as she nodded her agreement. "Oui~, my sister is the Queen of Knights. I am quite surprised you didn't feel compelled to join her when she commanded the Knights to leave with her," Jeanne said wondering if his split allegiance was something to question. "Though I suppose you don't need an explanation for why the King of Heroes speaks to her, in the same way her own knights would need to understand. I imagine that is an interesting conversation~" Jeanne said seemingly amused by the entirety of the situation. "Of course, I am a saint!~" she said seeming to find that amusing beyond all reason. As for a drink, she would definitely have one. "Of course, Sieg. We can have a drink and wait to see how my sister's knights react to her news about the King of Heroes," said Jeanne.
Meanwhile, the female Knights jumped to no such conclusions, but Lancelot jumped quite a few hoops that made Artoria's eyes widen and her face crack just a bit. "Whoa, where in any of that did I imply I slept with the King of Heroes?!" She seemed to be genuinely shocked by the assertion. "No such thing occurred; I said I finally got to sleep. I meant I was rendered unconscious in the aftermath of an actual battle. I slept in that bed alone for three days, that is all," Artoria stated with absolute clarity. Both of the young women in this group laughed again. She definitely had not slept with the King of Heroes. If she had, they doubted he would have been quiet about it. "And I do not coddle the dagger, it is just a really nice dagger..." She could not stress this fact enough. "I have always slept with one, even as a child, even in my life before this one... I am vividly attached to my weaponry. I did not know this was a point worth being confused about," the young queen explained of herself. The Lady Kay spoke up in this instance. "I can confirm that even as a young child, once she was old enough to claim one, Artoria has always slept with a knife on her person... a strange habit, but not one I thought was worth mentioning. The comfort of sleeping with a weapon isn't one I understand, but finding comfort in a gift after experiencing a strange discomfort is not so uncommon," she said. Artoria's gaze shifted; she found it odd that Kay of all people was sticking up for her. This was such a shocking turn of events, she could hardly believe what she was hearing. Taking a moment to calm herself, there was the matter of Tristan and why he actually left. Since she didn't sleep with the King of Heroes, Artoria supposed it was worth explaining. "Tristan left because he heard a declaration the King of Heroes made to me about my potential futures, while I was calmly trying to talk him out of his infatuation with me. Tristan said the King of Heroes' convictions were real, and that I did not understand the hearts of men. He said it was sad to see me behave with such reckless abandon towards the feelings of another person." Artoria admitted these things, and both the young women with her watched as she'd obviously been processing all of that for the last decade, without telling anyone. "I have always told all of you, you could speak freely with me, and I did mean that. I released and told him he could come back whenever he felt like it. I wouldn't punish him for being honest with me. So, Tristan left and I spent a while thinking over his words; that is all. I consider that I may not fully understand the King of Heroes' preoccupation with me, but I cannot rebuke honesty," Artoria concluded.