0. Listen well, Sylvain. You are to be the next Margrave Gautier.
1. I expect you to stand in my stead against foreign [cdb]threats, and to protect your king, your people, your [cdb]friends, and...your family.
2. Which, of course, I failed to do. Forgive me, Sylvain. I know I was a terrible father.
3. ...
4. So this is the part where you command me to succeed [cdb]my father, right?
5. Yes. The Sreng forces are growing bolder in response [cdb]to the Federation's invasion.
6. We dare not leave so important a position as the [cdb]margrave of Gautier vacant.
7. I respectfully accept, of course. I've been bracing for [cdb]this since the moment my father departed.
8. Hah. Me, the head of House Gautier... What will my [cdb]brother say!
9. I doubt he will have much to say at all at this point. But we will send word to the western outposts [cdb]nonetheless.
10. Sylvain, you have my deepest apologies. It was only [cdb]because the margrave sought to secure our escape [cdb]that he—
11. Don't apologize. It would make my father's sacrifice [cdb]meaningless.
12. What he did wasn't for pride, house, or country. He gave his life to protect his friends. It was what [cdb]he wanted to do.
13. My father did whatever brought him the most [cdb]satisfaction. That's how he lived his whole life. I promise you, he had no regrets.
14. In fact, when he left the castle, he was beaming in a [cdb]way I'd never seen before.
15. But if we'd only fought with a little more skill, [cdb]the margrave wouldn't have died at all.
16. We're at war, Felix. No matter how hard you fight, [cdb]there are going to be times you just can't win.
17. House Fraldarius fought well. So did Ashe and [cdb]everyone else. You all did your best for us.
18. House Fraldarius fought well. The battle was so [cdb]brutal that even Ashe had to surrender.
19. Sylvain...
20. No, all of my hatred is reserved for these invaders, [cdb]this foreign threat. They take everything from us [cdb]and think nothing of it.