0. I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Are you enjoying your [cdb]stay at the palace?
1. Tell her it's been mostly pleasant.
2. Say that you feel uncomfortable.
3. More than I expected, though I do feel a bit out of [cdb]place here.
4. More than I expected, though I do feel a bit out of [cdb]place here.
5. I'm a merc—I don't really fit in, you know?
6. I'm a merc—I don't really fit in, you know?
7. Understandable. Everyone here either is a noble [cdb]themselves or serves one. However, that will change.
8. As emperor, I plan to end discrimination based on [cdb]social status.
9. Everyone will have a chance to rise to the top, [cdb]whether they are born into the aristocracy or not.
10. No more nobles or commoners, huh? That does [cdb]sound pretty great. I'll be impressed if you can [cdb]actually pull it off.
11. No more nobles or commoners, huh? That does [cdb]sound pretty great. I'll be impressed if you can [cdb]actually pull it off.
12. Oh, I will. But at the moment, I have a proposition [cdb]for you.
13. Go on.
14. Go on.
15. We've successfully expunged the prime minister and [cdb]the rest of that puppet government.
16. But a certain amount of unrest is unavoidable, [cdb]which means I must remain here in the capital.
17. In other words, I can't go back to Garreg Mach and [cdb]continue my studies.
18. What about the others?
19. What about the others?
20. Our noble families will be in disarray as we transition [cdb]to my system and new heads of household take power.
21. Of course, some like Dorothea are not as affected [cdb]as the other students.
22. But all of them have offered to stay and help rather [cdb]than return to the monastery without us.
23. If you'd be willing to do the same, I'd like to offer you [cdb]a top post in my new military.
24. Now there's a tantalizing offer. It's not like you have [cdb]any real obligation to the church, plus it sounds like [cdb]quite the thrill!
25. I'm more of a hired sword than an officer.
26. I'm more of a hired sword than an officer.
27. Which is why you're perfect. Hubert wants to recruit [cdb]mercenaries such as yourself and form a new unit.
28. I can't put some noble in command of them—that [cdb]would be ill-advised.
29. But they would listen to a capable fighter such as you. You're Hubert's first and only choice.
30. I don't know if I really have the experience for it...
31. I don't know if I really have the experience for it...
32. But if you have that much faith in me, I won't let [cdb]you down.
33. But if you have that much faith in me, I won't let [cdb]you down.