Takumi wants a favor, and because he is royalty, Jakob will entertain his presence. You see, Takumi wants help with some training. Some....... special training. Secret special training. And Jakob seems like he can keep a secret.
JAKOB: It seems you have a misconception about me. JAKOB: You should know I am very, very bad at keeping secrets. Even very small ones. JAKOB: Granted, I will happily keep all of Lady Corrin's secrets until I die... JAKOB: But that courtesy is not extended to anyone else.
That sentiment accurately sums up Jakob's entire life. But, hey, he's super honest about it, even to people he's being nice to! This is Jakob being nice, man.
Jakob also pretends to be just a simple butler with no special skill at combat, and Takumi is like, you know I've seen you fight, right? to which Jakob responds with, uh, for Lady Corrin, remember? Fair enough. Takumi is annoyed by what seems like an extremely dedicated effort to being useless, because that is what it is.
C
JAKOB: It seems you have a misconception about me.
JAKOB: You should know I am very, very bad at keeping secrets. Even very small ones.
JAKOB: Granted, I will happily keep all of Lady Corrin's secrets until I die...
JAKOB: But that courtesy is not extended to anyone else.
That sentiment accurately sums up Jakob's entire life. But, hey, he's super honest about it, even to people he's being nice to! This is Jakob being nice, man.
Jakob also pretends to be just a simple butler with no special skill at combat, and Takumi is like, you know I've seen you fight, right? to which Jakob responds with, uh, for Lady Corrin, remember? Fair enough. Takumi is annoyed by what seems like an extremely dedicated effort to being useless, because that is what it is.
2/5 shippiness, 6/5 Jakobness