Master
Master noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.
Retainer
Retainer noun - A person hired to perform household or personal services.
Usage example: knights being dressed for battle by their retainers
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- His master Garro prizes his sword partly for its age (and is scorned for keeping a human retainer, which smacks of sentiment).
Source: Good Old Ways - Other characters comment that the Morinozuka family has served the Haninozuka family for generations, and even invoke the trope directly by envisioning the pair in a classic "young master and devoted retainer" scene.
Source: Old Retainer - A missable one in Fate/Zero Just before the end of Rider's and Archer's fight Rider asks his master Waver if he would become his retainer.
Source: Heartwarming in Hindsight
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