[Ah. He did not miss this.]

My duties still applied there, even though it wasn't my world. It wasn't like I could let the Silence run rampant.

[Well, he could've- but he tries not to be a sociopath these days]

As for why I bothered hiding... [He goes quiet for a moment. There's loads of official excuses he could use, but he knows that's not the whole truth. He can at least be honest about this]

... I wanted to be normal and make friends. When people know the truth, they tend to see the Seal Knight part of me before anything else.