Talk:Kei Karuizawa/@comment-68.174.180.52-20200908010424/@comment-33930688-20200908100049

Sure, Kei definitely doesn't latch on to Ayanokoji aggressively (far from that). But in the event that anything happened related to her past that would threaten her position, there simply isn't any future for Kei except to rely on him, just like in volume 7 of the LN.

It's great that there isn't anyone who would honestly threaten Kei with her past anymore after that, or know of it, but as it stands Kei would still be dependent on Ayanokoji should anything befall her, seeing as the latter is the only one she can truly trust. If she goes to anyone else, she risks revealing her past to even more people.

tl;dr: It's a stretch to liken their relationship to a parasite/host, but it's undeniable that Kei is reliant on Ayanokoji to protect her status.