After all the Shepherds and the children left, Lucina looked at her father, anticipating his first words. She was expecting him to start chastising her about her actions. However, Chrom simply told her to go to his private office and that he will meet her there after he fetched Cordelia and Severa. There was little emotion in his words, so Lucina could not tell exactly what his thoughts on the matter were.

The two left the dining hall. Chrom walked in the opposite direction to find Severa and her mother. Lucina was absolutely certain she needed her mother's help in this scenario, so instead of going straight to her father's office like she was told, she went straight to the stables to look for her mother. However, Lucina did not find her mother there. She did a cursory of the building, but upon finding it devoid of human life, ran back to the castle and tried her room. Sumia was not there either. Lucina realized she should probably not keep her father waiting and just decided to head up to her father's office like she was told. She entered the room.

Chrom was sitting behind his desk on a comfortable chair. Cordelia and Severa were sitting in chairs in front of Chrom's table. By the looks of it, they had been waiting for Lucina for quite some time.

"Lucina, glad to see you're here. Come join us." Her father said upon seeing her daughter enter the room.

Lucina took an empty chair near the wall and brought it in front of her father's desk. She sat down and prepared herself for a long conversation.

Chrom started off with a simple, "Lucina, Severa. I don't know the facts of exactly what happened, so I think it would be better if I talked to the two of you one of at time. I think I will start with you first, Lucina. Severa and Cordelia, can you please step out of the room so my daughter and I can have a conversation telling her side of the story? I will definitely listen to your side after I am done with her."

Severa and Cordelia got up and left Chrom's office.

Chrom looked at his daughter and said, "All right Lucina. Tell me exactly everything that has happened. Why were you and Severa fighting?"

"Well, I guess you could say it started yesterday at the dinner table. You probably saw me storm out of the room after losing my temper."

"Yes I saw that. But I think Sumia went and checked on you. She told me explicitly not to be there for you yesterday, which I found weird. I didn't question her because I thought you were probably going to have one of your "girl talks". But what does this have to do with Severa and you fighting?"

"Well, I accidentally told all the children I missed Robin and I wished he would come back. All the children were treating it as if I had a crush on Robin and would not stop teasing me about it. That was why I got mad yesterday."

"Lucina, I told you this and I will tell you again. Try to lighten up a bit and attempt to understand what jokes are. The children didn't mean any harm, and you should not have overreacted."

"Yes I know father. I'm sorry father."

"Okay, and another thing, do you actually have a crush on Robin?"

Lucina looked ashamed and did not want to answer the question. She stayed silent and let her lack of response be her remark.

"It's okay Lucina. I am not going to get mad at you if you do. I am pretty sure every Shepherd has a crush on someone the opposite sex. I would be a hypocrite if I said I didn't have a crush on your mother before we married."

"Yes, I might have a little crush on him. But it's more like I want to help him. After all, he was in charge of all our military operations, and only I knew the dangers had Grima succeeded. I wanted to abet him to the best of my ability to make sure we won in the end. I fought with him in battle to make sure he was always safe. I helped him with minor tasks I could handle to lessen his stress. I also sort of helped him late at night when everybody was asleep."

"Okay that's reasonable Lucina. So what happened next?"

"Well, all the children cornered me as I walked down the hallway to get breakfast. They started apologizing to me, but I just told them I did have a little crush on Robin because I really did not want ill rumors about myself. It was also the truth. All the children were accepting of this except Severa. She actually got mad at me, accused me of seducing Robin, and a bunch of other horrible crimes. She even implied that I was responsible for Robin's death. That's how we got into an argument before breakfast today, and why we fought in the dining hall." Lucina left out the part where Severa accused her of sleeping with Robin.

"Lucina, there was absolutely no way you were responsible for Robin's death in any way, shape, or form. He sacrificed himself on his own freewill. What was Severa's justification?"

"You will have to ask her about that. I have no idea what her motivations are."

"Okay, and you did not entrap Robin right?"

"No father, I would never do such a thing. After all, the Fell Dragon was still a threat. I had no time trying to get him to fall in love with me. If I were to do anything like that, it would have to be after the war was over."

"Okay, thank you Lucina. You are free to go. Tell Severa and Cordelia to come in here and wait outside. I guess I will hear their side of the story now."

"Understood, Father."

Lucina left the room and closed the door. She found the two sitting on a bench outside Chrom's office and told them that Chrom will now listen to their side of the story. Cordelia and Severa entered the room and closed the door. Lucina, curious about what is going on, stayed close to the door to snoop. She heard her father's voice again, and the conversation between the two started.

"Good. Now Severa, do you feel comfortable having your mother listening to what you have to say?"

"No. I do not. She should probably hear what I have to say, anyways. I tell the truth."

"Okay, then you may begin."

Severa began the story the exact same way Lucina did.

"Yesterday, I wasn't exactly sure how it started because I was too busy talking too Gerome about something, but the first thing I remember hearing was Cynthia teasing Lucina because she thought Lucina had a crush on Robin. I had long suspected such a thing to be true, but I never had the courage to ask her or talk to the other children about it. However, after Cynthia brought up this point somehow, all the children seemed to agree with her statement. We all began teasing her about her 'crush' on Robin. You know the rest of the story that night."

"Yes, that is true, my daughter basically said the same thing. So just so I understand, you do believe my daughter has a crush on Robin, correct?" Although Chrom knew the answer to the question, he just wanted to see Severa's view.

"Isn't it obvious? Ever since she came back to this timeline, she has barely spent any time with the other children anymore. They are always doing their own stuff. They fight in pairs every battle. Robin claimed it was for strategic purposes, but I know that was just a pathetic excuse for him to spend more time with your daughter."

"Okay, I'll keep that in mind. Continue."

"Anyways, I long had my suspicions about her love for Robin, and I would say her actions last night confirmed it. That night, all the children got together for a meeting without Lucina and we decided to confront her tomorrow when she left her room. We were going to block her way to breakfast, and Cynthia will stop Lucina should she attempt to flee. I agreed because I wanted to see this drama. However, what I did not know was that everybody was planning to apologize to her instead of calling her out on her crush. We cornered her, but instead of everybody grilling her about her love life, they apologized to her about getting her angry. I was not too thrilled to hear this because I thought that meant Lucina would get away with her love affair with the tactician. However, Lucina personally admitted that she had a crush with your tactician and misses him after his 'sacrifice'. That was all I needed to confirm my suspicions. Many times, I have seen your daughter sneak out of her tent to spend time with Robin secretly. She thought she was being discreet, but I could see her silhouette while I was doing night patrol."

Chrom suddenly interrupted, "Wait, stop right there Severa. Lucina would sneak out of her tent?"

"Yes, she did it occasionally."

"Do you know what they were doing?"

"Well, Lucina usually seemed to be talking to Robin about upcoming battles, but I know that is just a woeful lie. They are actually there to make out with each other."

Chrom was originally worried after hearing that statement, but he immediately relaxed when he recalled the conversation earlier with his daughter. She did mention how she goes to Robin's tent late at night to help him out of respect for his job. Chrom thought about the scenario, but ultimately decided to give Lucina the benefit of the doubt. Unless Severa actually saw them being intimate, of course. He immediately asked her:

"Have you seen them kiss?"

"No. Also, stop asking me questions. I am not done with my story yet. Anyways, all the children were so accepting of her confession and her secret lover. They were quick to forgive. However, I think all the children forgot about how your daughter abandoned and betrayed us. First, we had agreed to not reveal ourselves to our parents to not interfere with the timeline. However, after she messed up and failed, we all just had to follow along with her due to her mistake. She was no longer the same person after she started hanging out with Robin. She became more distant towards us. We used to be super close, but I feel like we fell apart because she spent more time talking to Robin than talking with us. She abandoned us. She just let Robin tell us what to do. Also, I would not be surprised if your daughter seduced your tactician."

"Severa, is this why you are Lucina were fighting again? Over your belief Lucina seduced him?"

"Yes, she would not admit that she seduced and slept with him."

"Severa, I would appreciate it if you do not claim my daughter is a temptress with no morals. What are you basing your claims on? I know my daughter is not the type of person to just carelessly sleep around with other men."

"You don't see it? How else do you explain Robin's sacrifice? Your daughter guilt tripped him into his sacrifice. Don't you think it's just a coincidence he was the only one who died after all this? Also, I already told you how she became more distant towards us and became closer to Robin."

"Severa, if what you said is true, why would Robin sacrifice himself? If you truly believe what you said, I am sure he would want to survive for her and not take a chance by sacrificing himself. After all, whenever we did strategies before a battle, he never believed in taking risks that he believed had low rewards. He would never sacrifice himself and hope to return back to the world on the small chance our bonds were strong enough. If Lucina is truly the temptress like you said, I am sure she could have convinced Robin enough to let me deal with the final blow. I know Robin enough to know he made the decision on his own. My daughter did not guilt trip her. As for spending more time with Robin, I think that's just her determination to complete her mission. That was what she told me before we came here. After all, Robin was in charge of all our battle strategies and plans. Talking to him about them was probably a no brainer because our lives and battle results were in his hands. It was probably just a coincidence she had a little crush on the person who ran our army."

"You just don't see it do you? Is the truth just so scared for you to admit? You were always the same in my timeline; you trusted everybody and all the Shepherds too much. What would have happened had Robin been a Plegian spy when you found him at Southtown? He would have killed you and doomed the world. In fact, that was exactly what happened. You trusted your friends too much. Why don't you trust me on this? If all it took to trust you was to kill a couple of bandits, you should trust me more, not less. After all, I killed way more Plegians than Robin did when you first met him."

"Severa, I already told you. My daughter is not the type of person to seduce anybody. I know this. Have you seen her determination after she revealed her identity? She was so focused on her task of stopping Grima that there were too many times she overexerted herself. I had to personally tell her relax at time because she was doing too much. In fact, she never wastes any free time we have. She is always in the barracks, training with her sword whenever she can. She does not have time for secret relationships. She says it's a crush, and that is fine. As long as she did not do anything bad with it, I don't see the issue."

"You are just going to not believe me because she is your precious, innocent daughter who could do no wrong, correct?"

"No Severa, you did not give me a good enough excuse. All you told me was one statement that sounds like a conspiracy theory and her spending more time with Robin. I know I asked this question, but I'll ask it again. Do you have any physical proof that my daughter seduced or slept with Robin?"

"Well, I already told you she sneaks off to Robin's tent…"

"I trust my daughter well enough to give her the benefit of the doubt that they were discussing strategy and the future. Even you said it yourself they were just discussing tactics and did not see them get affectionate. Even if my daughter did admit she has a crush on Robin, which she did, I don't believe that would be a good enough excuse to suspect they were doing anything wrong. I am sure Robin is a man with strong morals and great restraint. He would not dare even touch my daughter. I am pretty sure he knew the consequences would be dire if he did. He was mature about everything, and never have I seen him act like a child, which you are doing right now. You have never seen them be intimate before, correct?"

"No, but…"

"Then thank you Severa. I think I am quite certain you are just spreading false rumors about my daughter being a temptress. I would appreciate it if you did no such thing in the future. The next time I catch you trying to spread malicious rumors about anybody, you will be in big trouble."

"You are just never going to believe me, huh? You still think you daughter is the innocent angel she claims to be?"

"Severa, I already told you. Lucina has done nothing for me to suspect anything. My daughter admitted she has a little crush on Robin, which I will not blame her for, as it is human nature. I believe her when she said they met at night to discuss strategy. You practically told me the same thing. There is no evidence they were being intimate with each other."

"Well maybe the problem is with you then! You are too blind to see your daughter's faults!"

Severa's mother remained silent throughout the entire conversation, but she had to intervene before things got out of hand. "Severa, please don't start getting into an argument with the ruler of the country."

Chrom interrupted her, "No Cordelia, it's OK. Severa was a big help to us during the battles. I'm sure she will simply stop bringing attention to herself once she learns it will do her nothing. I believe she just has not adjusted to peacetime yet."

Cordelia blushed and said, "Then I guess I am sorry about my daughter's bad behavior, I'm sure the next time we talk, she will behave."

"Of course. I know Severa will change her behavior once she realized there is nothing to worry about now that Grima is slain. Now, I have a lot of makeup work to do from being absent from the castle for a year, so I want to wrap up this meeting as soon as I can. Severa, tell Lucina to come into my office, please. I think our talk is done here."

Severa made no response but simply looked at Chrom with rage.

Chrom might be bad at reading emotions, but Severa was not even trying to hide her anger towards Chrom. Even Chrom could see her rage. The Exalt sighed and said "Severa, I can see you are upset, but like I said, there is no evidence to back up any of your claims."

"What do you mean? I have all the evidence. I literally just told you my claim about how there is no way Robin wasn't guilt tripped into sacrificing himself if it wasn't for Lucina's actions."

"Now Severa, I could make the rumor right now that you have a crush on Robin too based on the fact that you are trying to ruin my daughter's reputation. I will base my claims on the fact you were very cold to Lucina when she admitted she had a crush on Robin. I can conclude that you were scared of the competition, and you wanted him for yourself. To cover up you crush on Robin, you simply blamed it on my daughter to make him all yours when he comes back."

Severa's face immediately turned redder than a radish and blurted out "What. How could you think that? I don't have a crush on…."

Chrom did not notice Severa's facial expression this time and interrupted her. "I only gave an example of how your arguments fail. They are based on too many assumptions. I could conclude right now that you have a crush on Robin and you are trying to hide it, but as I said, there is no evidence to base that off of besides your actions today. The truth could just be you wanted to ruin my daughter's reputation. The truth could also be you haven't adjusted to peacetime yet and do not know how to act. I could come up with many more reasons, but because I don't have concrete proof, I would never know the truth. Robin could have simply sacrificed himself out of his belief that he was making the world a better place. Robin could have sacrificed himself to defy fate. Those would be a lot more believable than sacrificing himself out of guilt for Lucina. I already told you why your arguments on Lucina being a temptress are not convincing enough for me. Now please tell Lucina to come in Severa. I have a lot of paperwork I still have to do, and you are not helping."

Severa did not respond to Chrom and simply turned her head away and began to walk out the door. Lucina heard Severa's footsteps and immediately rushed to the bench to avoid looking suspicious. She sat down just in time as Severa opened the door and told Lucina to come back to the office. Lucina and Severa went back to their respective chairs and sat down.

"All right" Chrom started off. "I have heard both sides of the story and I think it's pretty safe to say that Severa is just spreading rumors about you Lucina. Lucina, I know the war is over, but could you please not get enraged when somebody mentions phony gossip about yourself? You did not have to overreact. Both times, you lost your temper. I know my daughter does not usually act like this."

Lucina simply muttered a "Yes, Father". Although she could not give away the fact she eavesdropped on the conversation between the two, she was actually scared of herself after hearing the conversation between Chrom and Severa. Lucina was just lucky that Chrom did not believe any of Severa's statements, and even worse, it looked like if she was truly with Robin, he would not approve of their actions if they dated. After all, there were worse things the two did besides kissing, and Chrom seemed to imply that was even unacceptable.

"Okay, Lucina, that's all I want to say. I have heard both sides and ultimately, I do believe Severa was in the wrong this time, as she could not come up with any coherent arguments for her claims that you enticed Robin and was somehow responsible for his death. She even accused you of sleeping with him, which I think is just too far, even for Severa. I know for a fact you would do no such thing. Also, she does not have concrete evidence you two were being intimate anyways, so I will give you the benefit of the doubt, Lucina. Next time, just come tell me who is spreading rumors and we will get this resolved earlier. Now Severa, I already told you everything you need to know. Don't spread malicious rumors in the future. Also, I think you should apologize to my daughter for what happened earlier."

Severa looked at Lucina and said in an insincere voice, "Sorry Princess. I did not mean to spread false rumors about you." Severa's tone almost sounded like she was mocking her.

Chrom did not catch the tone in Severa's voice and simply said, "All right, all of you are dismissed."

Severa and Cordelia left the room. Lucina suddenly felt worried as they closed the door. She realized her father was wrong about many things and she should probably correct him. Lucina opened her mouth, "Okay, Father, but I have to say…"

"Lucina, I have a lot of catchup I need to do. Please leave the room so I can concentrate. I am currently under a lot of stress, but like I said, you should go do something fun. Explore the castle. Anything but distract me right now."

"But Father…"

"Lucina, don't make me repeat myself."

Lucina saw that continuing to talk to her father was no use, so she walked out of the room. She saw Severa waiting at the door with her arms folded in her chest. That was her trademark anger stance. Cordelia was nowhere to be seen. Lucina could see Severa was not satisfied with the results of the meeting. She approached Lucina and told her in a harsh tone, "Do not think this is over, Lucina. You are just lucky your father is the Exalt, not mine."

As Lucina walked away from her father's office, she did feel sorry for Severa. After all, she did have a point. It was blatantly obvious that Chrom was biased toward supporting her daughter towards the beginning, and no matter what Severa said, Chrom always found a way to defend her actions. Lucina knew she needed her mother's advice on what to do next, so she decided she will have to try to find her mother no matter what to discuss her next course of action.