- Wow, that was amazing! No wonder Edelgard trusts
[cdb]you so much!
- Oh, hey Caspar. You weren't so bad out there
[cdb]yourself.
- Praise him.
- Brag a bit.
- Not that I'm surprised. You must make House
Bergliez proud.
- Don't I wish. I'm still pretty steamed about how the
[cdb]last battle went.
- Still, I'm pretty sure we both know who's bringing
[cdb]home the wins at the end of the day.
- Hey, when you're right, you're right.
- I can't even outshine you right now, let alone my
[cdb]father. Ugh, it really burns me up!
- You think? I dunno much about your dad,
[cdb]but I'd say you're on par with me at least.
Maybe even better.
- Sheesh, sore winner much? Just you wait though,
I'm only getting started!
- Ol' Caspar here's gonna upstage you once and for all,
[cdb]and I'm gonna do it for me!
- OK, but think about it. I'm a mercenary and you're a
[cdb]noble.
- I'll have way more chances than you to excel in battle.
Which also means way more chances to die.
- Meanwhile, your dad's the Minister of Military
Affairs. You falling in combat definitely wouldn't be
[cdb]a good look.
- You've got that all wrong. Since I'm his second son,
I'm completely expendable as far as he's concerned.
- Ever since I was born, me and my brother were
[cdb]treated completely different. I don't have a shot at
[cdb]being the heir.
- Which means the only way I'm getting ahead in life is
[cdb]by proving myself in battle!
- I mean, I guess I could always go into politics or
[cdb]education or something.
- The point is, whatever I wanna do, I've gotta climb
[cdb]up from the bottom to do it.
- And the climb I picked means building a name for
[cdb]myself on the battlefield, no matter the risks.
- Be impressed with his drive.
- Sympathize with his situation.
- Huh, it's almost like you're a mercenary. I never
[cdb]thought a noble could have that kind of motivation.
- You're a lot more inspiring than you give yourself
[cdb]credit for, Caspar.
- Eh, it's nothing. I mean, I've still got the Bergliez
[cdb]name to lean on and all, so I'm better off than just
[cdb]any old merc.
- Wow, that's even harder than I imagined.
- Not to mention you chose the one path that's most
[cdb]likely to end up killing you.
- Well, yeah, I've gotta live up to the reputation of
House Bergliez as a military family. Probably owe
[cdb]that thought to my father.
- Right. I guess I'm starting to get why you're so
[cdb]competitive with me now.
- But you should know, I'm not the kinda guy to back
[cdb]down from a challenge.
- I've been honing my craft as a mercenary for as long
[cdb]as I can remember. Even since I was a kid.
- So you can train till your muscles give out if you
[cdb]want. Some noble brat's not gonna beat me.
- Oh yeah? Fine! I know I'm not gonna catch up to
[cdb]you overnight...
- But it'll happen someday! Just you wait!