"That's not my decision to make. If anything happens to me or another serving Makai Knight, they need to be ready to replace us." He privately agreed that Hyuga and Akatsuki were not ready to become full Makai Knights. They still made mistakes, they hesitated at what could be crucial moments and they didn't have as much experience as he would have liked them to. He felt he still had so much to teach them, but that was another matter that had been taken out of his hands, "Rin needs to be ready, too."