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If I seek the truth, I'll have to retrieve it from the emperor herself. Cornelia said as much before her spirit left this realm.
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Only a fool would take that temptress at her word, but I do believe there is truth to her claim. Edelgard knows something.
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The Empire was surely involved in my father's death, and perhaps she was as well.
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Hold on, boar. You owe us all an explanation here. The emperor is your stepsister?
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Hm? Ah, my apologies. I suppose I never mentioned it.
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Uhh, so if I've got this straight, after you were born, your dad got remarried...to her mom?
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Uhh, so if I've got this straight, after you were born, your dad got remarried...to her mom?
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Correct. Though the truth of my stepmother's background was never revealed to the public, as you can imagine.
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Of course, all that is in the past now. There is no reason to keep hiding it from my closest allies.
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Your Majesty, if I may. I can handle the explanation.
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That will no doubt prove faster. You knew my father many years longer than I did.
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It all started twenty years ago, when a dreadful plague ravaged Fhirdiad. King Lambert's wife was among those claimed by its spread.
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In hopes of bringing an end to the epidemic, the king sought experts from across the land—scholars, doctors, mages.
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Among those, it was an Imperial scholar by the name of Cornelia who finally turned the page on our suffering, and put an end to the pestilence.
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Oh yes, I've heard about that. She helped develop many of the districts in the capital as well, didn't she?
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It's a little weird to think she's the one who planned out the places we all lived.
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They even used to call her a saint. What could've happened to her to make her so...different?
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Interestingly enough, she never asked for any kind of reward for her feat. Well, at first.
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In lieu of any compensation, monetary or otherwise, she requested that we rescue one of her old friends from the Empire.
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Which is the story of how the late king came to meet his future wife, Lady Patricia—or should I say Lady Anselma.
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I don't get it. Why would she need saving?
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I'm not sure of all the details myself, but I know she was banished from the court after becoming involved in some sort of political dispute.
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Lambert always did have a soft spot for those in need.
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And of course in the thick of all that, the two developed feelings for each other.
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It's difficult to say for sure if it was love, but it was something. Anyway, that's all I have.
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Looking back on the events now, it's hard to know just how much of it was part of Cornelia's plot.
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In any case, I must learn more about my stepmother's death. I have no doubt it connects in some manner to the truth about the Tragedy.
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Who was Cornelia working for? And what was Edelgard's role in all of it?
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If I truly want to know... Well, there's only one person I can turn to.
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You want to get answers from the emperor of the very region we're at war with? Is that even possible?
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I mean, Edelgard is our enemy. She and her like have stamped the life out of so many of our allies.
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And we've done the same to hers. I don't see how the two sides could just sit down for a chat after all that.
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Perhaps not.
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We're on opposite sides in an all-out war spanning the entire continent. Do you really have time for a little chat?
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Make no mistake, she is still our bitter enemy.
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But I've no other choice. We've extracted all the information we could from the western lords.
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And as Cornelia has departed this world, the emperor is the only one left we can turn to.
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Gustave. I'll be leaving reconstruction of the west to you and the baron.
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Understood, Your Majesty. Do you mean to make for Arianrhod?
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Indeed I do. Even the most impregnable fortress in all Fódlan cannot hold off an onslaught forever.
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I know not how or when Edelgard will make her presence known, but we must hold the Silver Maiden. By any means necessary.