"Knight?" Utaha Kasumigaoka looked a little dazed. "That job really doesn't fit with fairy tales..."
"That's because you've only seen the surface, Utaha. The role of a knight carries hidden meanings in many fairy tales..." Sogo Doma shrugged. "Take Snow White, for example. The seven dwarfs represent the seven virtues of chivalry, and their protection of Snow White embodies the defining trait of a knight: defending their liege..."
"Hmm?" Watching the boy speak so confidently, Utaha smiled again. "And yet the princess still chose the prince in the end, didn't she?"
"Mm..." Sogo rubbed his chin. "I guess for a knight, that's already enough. Enough..."
"Enough?" For some reason, Utaha felt a little annoyed. "What a frustrating story. What if Snow White looks back on it someday and realizes that the happiest time of her life was in the forest? How devious..."
"Devious?" Sogo turned back with a smile. "Actually, it isn't. If she really feels that her happiest days were in the forest, she can go back. The cottage will still be there, and so will the dwarfs..."
"Even more devious..."
"..."
"Is that what they call a spirit of self-sacrifice?" Utaha asked suddenly. "Do you like self-sacrifice, Sogo?"
"Don't get the wrong idea..." Sogo smiled again. "I only brought up being a knight so I could kill the prince. Knights may have seven virtues, but humans also have seven deadly sins! If Snow White ended with the dwarfs rushing in after hearing the news and chopping the prince to death just as he kissed the princess, it'd surpass even a masterpiece!"
Utaha covered her forehead. "..."
That was a truly vicious idea. It wouldn't surpass a masterpiece at all, and children wouldn't be interested in that kind of fairy tale!
"What a twisted sense of humor!"
Sogo Doma: