0. Hah! Yah! Hyah!
1. I suppose that will be enough for today.
2. Splendid spearwork. You are every bit the ideal of a [cdb]nobleman—one who wields both lance and pen with [cdb]equal aplomb.
3. Hubert. As ever, you manage to materialize when one [cdb]least expects it.
4. If you insist on showing up in the middle of training, [cdb]do not complain if you find yourself mistakenly [cdb]skewered.
5. Yes, accidents do so often happen during [cdb]such exercises.
6. Why, you could stab the life out of me here and now [cdb]and still readily explain it away as a mere accident.
7. Enough, Hubert—even if you are joking.
8. Although I suppose it was I who first spoke flippantly. You have my apologies.
9. I am ever at a loss to reply when you insist on [cdb]apologizing so earnestly.
10. In any event, your training has a certain ghastly [cdb]quality about it of late.
11. I found myself curious what it was that so impelled [cdb]you, and came to check on the situation.
12. I should think it obvious—the climax of this war is [cdb]upon us.
13. Thus, I have to focus myself all the more and work [cdb]vigorously toward ultimate victory.
14. I do this for my comrades, for the Empire, and for a [cdb]better future.
15. And perhaps for your departed father?
16. Why would you think that?
17. The father I looked up to—the one who served as a [cdb]pillar of the Empire—died long ago.
18. The man we fought at Fort Merceus was nothing but [cdb]a traitor who lost sight of how to live.
19. At this point...
20. Listen to me, Ferdinand.
21. If you wish to deny my claim, just tell me I [cdb]am mistaken.
22. As they say, those who protest overmuch admit the [cdb]truth unwittingly.
23. That was not my intention.
24. Yet I cannot deny there is a part of my heart which [cdb]thinks exactly that.
25. You have changed. Well, no. Your true nature has not [cdb]changed a bit.
26. You are stubborn as ever, but there now also exists a [cdb]rather flexible side to your personality.
27. And you never change—and have not since the days [cdb]when I was an ignorant young man.
28. Since that time, you have proceeded unerringly along [cdb]this road at Edelgard's right hand.
29. But now all walk that same path, and it is the two of [cdb]you who stand at the vanguard.
30. If you have something to say, dispense with the [cdb]flattery and speak plainly.
31. Fine. I mean to join you both at the forefront, so our [cdb]emperor will have loyalty at both her right and left.
32. We shall be Hubert and Ferdinand, the twin jewels of [cdb]the Empire!
33. The twin jewels...of the Empire? Ahahaha!
34. Hahaha! Er... Was it truly so amusing?