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I think the "humble service" lines are indeed tied to FRIEND. And I think it is some kind of extremely powerful being/tool that was used by Gaster to make the world of Deltarune.
And as such it makes perfect sense that it would be using Dess/The Knight to sow seeds of this "FREEDOM" plan. It can only serve others, it can't be free itself. But if (YOU) go out of your way to pursue Freedom and get it, then FRIEND can ride the coattails and finally be free itself.

But like Mike said, it's not really your FRIEND. It doesn't belong to you. Once it's free, who knows what it'll do.