The Mercenary Commander

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I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Are you enjoying your stay at the palace?

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Understandable. Everyone here either is a noble themselves or serves one. However, that will change.

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As emperor, I plan to end discrimination based on social status.

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Everyone will have a chance to rise to the top, whether they are born into the aristocracy or not.

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Oh, I will. But at the moment, I have a proposition for you.

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We've successfully expunged the prime minister and the rest of that puppet government.

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But a certain amount of unrest is unavoidable, which means I must remain here in the capital.

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In other words, I can't go back to Garreg Mach and continue my studies.

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Our noble families will be in disarray as we transition to my system and new heads of household take power.

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Of course, some like Dorothea are not as affected as the other students.

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But all of them have offered to stay and help rather than return to the monastery without us.

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If you'd be willing to do the same, I'd like to offer you a top post in my new military.

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Now there's a tantalizing offer. It's not like you have any real obligation to the church, plus it sounds like quite the thrill!

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Which is why you're perfect. Hubert wants to recruit mercenaries such as yourself and form a new unit.

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I can't put some noble in command of them—that would be ill-advised.

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But they would listen to a capable fighter such as you. You're Hubert's first and only choice.