- So you're Jeralt the Blade Breaker, huh? And I guess
[cdb]that makes you the Ashen Demon.
- You guys look tougher than a box of nails. No wonder
[cdb]we've had our hands full.
- Please, make yourself at home. The Imperial army is
[cdb]most delighted to welcome you into its embrace.
- My name is Ferdinand von Aegir. You might say I am
[cdb]something of a leader figure around here, as I
[cdb]essentially hold the entire army together.
- Oh no. Not more strangers...
- Relax, Bern. It's not like you don't encounter
[cdb]strangers every time we take the battlefield.
- That's a good point. Wait...is it?
- Has anyone ever inspected you for Crests before?
Perhaps I might borrow you for a brief experiment.
- Are you having interest in a sword fight? I am curious
[cdb]to see the stuff of which you are made.
- Well, we sure got a lively crew here. Get in there, kid!
Let 'em show you the ropes.
- The pleasure's all ours. Isn't that right, kid?
- I suppose we didn't need to worry about bad blood.
- If anything, it would seem Her Majesty's path to
[cdb]victory just grew even shorter.
- By the way, has anyone seen our mercenary friend?
- Sorry about all this, Arval.
- Sorry about all this, Arval.
- I know you've only been giving me your powers 'cause
[cdb]you want me to beat the Ashen Demon.
- I know you've only been giving me your powers 'cause
[cdb]you want me to beat the Ashen Demon.
- Don't worry about it. It's for the best, right?
- For all my doomsaying, everything seems to be right
[cdb]as rain!
- You carved out the path for a better future, even if
[cdb]some of your friends won't be around to see it.
- Recruiting Jeralt's Mercenaries and the Ashen Demon
[cdb]was the right choice.
- I hope you're right.
- I hope you're right.
- What's wrong? Feeling lost now that you don't
[cdb]have an enemy to chase around the countryside?
- Pretty much.
- No, it's not that.
- Yeah, I guess. I mean, the only reason I wanted to
[cdb]get stronger was to surpass the Demon.
- Yeah, I guess. I mean, the only reason I wanted to
[cdb]get stronger was to surpass the Demon.
- There's no reason you can't surpass an ally.
- What better way to see who's stronger than to fight
[cdb]directly by their side?
- Huh, that's a good point.
- Huh, that's a good point.
- See? No one knows you better than me.
- I'm not lost. I know exactly what I've gotta do—win
[cdb]this war.
- I'm not lost. I know exactly what I've gotta do—win
[cdb]this war.
- I'm gonna help Edelgard and my friends usher in a
[cdb]new age in Fódlan.
- I'm gonna help Edelgard and my friends usher in a
[cdb]new age in Fódlan.
- Well? Any snarky follow-up for that?
- Well? Any snarky follow-up for that?
- It's hardly the first time you've mentioned it.
I suppose it's a fine goal, yes.
- If that's what you want, then I'll just have to
[cdb]help you achieve it.
- After all, I'm your partner in destiny. I'm here for you
[cdb]and you alone.