You know, not to be a naive optimist (even though I am one) but post KCD2, I think Hansry would actually thrive.
Don’t get it wrong, I’m a big fan of tragic fanfics where Hanush and other important characters suspect the two lovebirds, and they have to part ways to protect Hans’s name, Henry’s head, then reunite, etc. But… in game, I don’t think that’d happen. I genuinely think it’d be a bittersweet, but mostly happy life for them both. Henry would remain in Rattay. He’d have some small castle of his own built for his services (close to Pirkstein), with his own forge. He’d watch Hans marry another (and wish him to be "Satisfied" at their wedding, iykyk), of course, and have a son. If Jitka has a shred of Rosa’s pov on a noble woman’s lot in life (which she does), she’ll despise the arranged alliance as much as Hans. Hansry would make some kind of schedule once a week, when they’d go "hunting" together. To be fair, it’s not as if nobles have a lot to do themselves, even lords. They have the bailiff, scribe, and others for that. Henry would definitely be the one who wanders around the region a bunch - but he’d never be late for he and Hans’s rendez-vous. And if gossip did somehow start - would you really want to be the one who accused your current lord’s ward or the region’s local hero (who is also a noble’s son) of being sodomites ? You’d look like a freak, you’d lose respect from your family, peers and potentially also your head. So what if the local master swordsmith seems to train an awful lot with Lord Capon when he’s in town, even making wooden swords for his growing boy ? They’re great friends ! It’s totally normal. And even if you spot them exchanging suspiciously long, lingering looks… That’s what you base an assumption on ? Better look away and keep your mouth shut to avoid the pillory, buddy.
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