[Dazai simply nodded. Making any promises that equated to 'I won't make you do anything you don't want' was simply unrealistic: he was, for one, a known proponent of acting first, maybe apologize later.

The first part of Bedivere's answer, on the other hand, was a potential solution for something he'd wondered about for the past few hours.]

If a contract between Master and Servant has ended, does that automatically mean they're disqualified from the War? Furthermore, will they be replaced assuming that neither of them died?