[ He can't exactly fully deflect those words. Because it's true, it's not as if he fought and protected Mitsunari for his own sake, for the sake of glory, anything like that. He wouldn't even have broken the rules about contact with humans if he hadn't been offered to finally get a piece of their land back. That was his sole motivation, his driving purpose - he just wanted to make sure that his people could live well rather than having to wander around. To protect the women and children in their clan.. that was all that mattered.

That Mitsunari had turned out to not be a terrible person was only a convenience in it all, a fact that at least made Kazutake feel a little better about fighting for a human's sake.

But even so, to hear his descendant say it so plainly.. well, it's a lot like him, but it's a little more than he deserves too, he thinks. ]

I just did what any head of a demon clan would have done.

[ .. well, should have done, anyway, considering how some of the heads apparently decide to act nowadays.. even his slightly more childish friends from back then had found their purpose and honor back in his time, after all. ]

But regardless of intentions, it was still what got you into this position. To serve humans is not always a bad thing necessarily, but..

[ He doesn't even have to finish that train of thought, right. Because he sure doesn't want to talk out loud about just how badly Amagiri is being humiliated this way. If not just because it makes some weird cropped up shame and anger mingle in the pits of his stomach. This isn't right. He fought exactly so his descendants could have a much easier time, a better time.. how did it ever end up like this? His hand forms a fist as he looks ahead of where they are walking and it tightens slightly. ]