The two sisters went inside Lucina's room. Just like last time, Lucina took extra precautions to make sure nobody was eavesdropping on them. She had the door locked up tight and looked out her window to make sure nobody was trying to snoop in. Satisfied with her findings, Lucina sat down beside her younger sister on her bed and simply said, "Now Cynthia. Whatever you want to know, you have to promise me not to tell anybody else. Especially not my father. You remember that time we got scared over that big bug in the barracks? And how Father was a lot less calm scolding us? It will be a lot worse than that."

Cynthia seemed so intent on finding out that she agreed to her older sister's demands immediately. "Of course, sis."

Lucina managed a weak smile for Cynthia and said, "Okay, what exactly do you want to know? You figured out most of the story already, and I think I don't have anything to hide from you anymore."

"Tell me everything. From the beginning!" Cynthia almost yelled out in excitement.

Lucina flinched at her statement. "Everything?"

Cynthia's excitement was unparalleled. "Yes everything. About how heroic your boyfriend was, how he always managed to save the day no matter what battle you were in, his dramatic battle entrances, how charismatic he is ,how you two got together and fell in love, and how awesome he was at…"

Lucina interrupted her sister, "Whoa, calm down Cynthia. I don't have time to tell you about all of this. Also, don't call Robin my boyfriend. Just say Robin." Lucina really did not want to have a repeat of her mother's habit after she found out about the two secret lovers.

"Okay, but I want to hear everything and all the details. Do not leave anything out!"

"So you also want to know the details of my private life between me and Robin?"

Cynthia's eyes widened as she realized what she just said. "Oh heavens no sis. Just start from the beginning. How exactly did you two fall in love?"

Lucina saw no choice but to oblige for her younger sister, who clearly did not accept no as an answer. "Well, there wasn't exactly like an exact moment. I do remember the first time I talked to him, a long time ago. I approached him after one of the battles in Valm and asked him if I could have a word with him. I told him of my mission, the desolate future, why we cannot fail. He gave me his promise to never stop fighting for the future."

Cynthia giggled hearing such statement. "So that was when you fell in love with him?"

Talking to Cynthia, Lucina suddenly realized she was having the exact same conversation she had with Sumia. Lucina did not really want to tell it again.

"You know Cynthia, I told my mother the same story about two days ago. Ask her. She knows this story too."

"Nooooo. But sis, I want to hear the story from you. You were there for everything! Mom wasn't.. Wait… mother knows about this story? Our mother? Sumia?"

"Yes, she was unfortunately the first one to find out about everything."

"Oh… I'm so sorry sis. Did she get mad at you?"

"Surprisingly, no. She was actually quite calm about it. In fact, she was almost supportive of me."

"What? I thought mother would not be too happy. Also, if our mother knows about it, why can't I tell our father?"

"Father… father would be worried if he found out. Don't ask, please." Lucina immediately thought back to Chrom's talk with Severa, saying how Robin knows better than to meddle with his daughter.

"What would he be worried about?"

"Let's just say I eavesdropped on him and know thoughts on the matter hypothetically. Let's just get back to the story. I'll tell you everything. Don't ask our mother. Anyways, I met with him a few more time…"

Lucina repeated the entire story she told her mother that night. She went on in detail about how the two met, fought together, met secretly at night. She even confessed her true feelings of Robin, and even about how Robin proposed to her. Of course, Lucina did leave out certain details, especially how she tried to kill Robin. She was able to control her emotions this time because she knew Robin was not dead. It did take a while to get all the information out, and Cynthia listened patiently to her sister.

All Cynthia could say after that story was, "Wow! Lucina, I am amazed. You had this much of a story between the two of you, and yet you never bother to tell everybody everything?"

"Why would I, Cynthia? It was secret for a reason."

"Oh right." Cynthia almost looked ashamed. "But that was like the most heroic story ever! Robin had all the characteristics! He came to the most desperate time of need and helped you back on your feet. His story ended just like how a tragic hero's story would. Dying to save the world. I am sure Owain would love to make a play out of this. He can sure exaggerate all of Robin's tome usage, and all of the romantic times you two had together, and…"

"Cynthia. I think you are over exaggerating Robin's abilities. He is not that impressive in battle. He simply had the brains to know what to do."

"Oh Lucina. That was not what you just told me. You have just said Robin is a man capable of defeating hoards of enemy with magic."

"Cynthia, like I said, he lacks fighting power, but he makes up for it with his strategies. You know about how he took down the Valmese navy single handedly correct? There was no way anybody could have killed over 100,000 men, but Robin had the brains to drown all of them due to his intelligence. He probably did not kill a single men with his own hand that battle."

"Lucina, I think you are downplaying his achievements. No matter what, he is a great hero worthy of the legends. Oh, I almost forgot to ask you the real question. When did you two… you know…?"

Lucina sighed, dreading this part of the conversation. She had skipped over it for a reason. Lucina immediately blushed and turned away with a simple, "That is personal information, Cynthia."

"Oh, come on sis, tell me... pleeeeease?"

"Why are you interested in this, Cynthia? I have tried to forget it ever happened, and you are not helping."

"Aww… You're so embarrassed about your love for the tactician. That's cute, sis. Also, don't lie to me. You just don't want to tell me. I do not believe for a second you suffered amnesia."

"Cynthia. Tell me. What did I do to deserve this?"

"By keeping everything a secret, of course. You thought you could just hide a secret relationship scotch free Lucina? Are you stupid?"

"But… but..."

"Lucina? Once again, how do you think you are going to hide something this big from everybody? It was inevitable someone was going to find out. Even if you didn't get pregnant, you can't conceal it forever. Eventually, somebody was going to find you two kissing secretly behind the trees."

"Um… To be honest, Cynthia. I did not really have any plans. I just told myself I would be back in the future timeline after Grima died, so nobody would be the wiser in the end. All I had to do was make sure nobody knew until we all returned back to the future."

Cynthia was trying to hide her smile. "Lucina, you are sooooooo stupid at times. How did we ever survive in the future with you as our glorious leader?"

Lucina was lost on what to say, "Because we were good at hiding from Grima?"

Her sister simply rolled her eyes. "Lucina, you still haven't learned how humor works, have you? I'm teasing you! Oh, I got off track. Are you going to answer my question? When did you get intimate with Robin?"

Lucina stared down at her sister and folded her arms up to her chest. The implied silence was all Lucina had to say to her Cynthia's question.

"Aww. You're not fun, Lucina. Tell me. Pleeeeaaassee?"

"Cynthia, how old are you again? Twelve?"

"Old enough to know what I'm talking about."

"Then start acting like one and stay out of my private matters. Your immaturity of asking me about my private love life is up there with your immaturity of cutting fruit with my Falchion."

"You're just too embarrassed sis."

"Cynthia, can we just talk about something else?"

"Just tell me where and I will never ask about it again. I promise."

Lucina gave a short sigh of desperation and saw no other way out of the situation. Her sister was quite persistent, and Lucina knew her sister was not the easy type to give up on something once she set her mind into it. She finally said after a long hesitation, "It was that night after we defeated Walhart. I sneaked into Walhart's personal bedroom with Robin. Does that answer your question?"

Cynthia thought for a moment and laid her arms on her sister's shoulders, "Yes. That answers that question. But wow, you got so lucky father did not catch you, Lucina."

"What? What do you mean?"

"Lucina, when went to wake you up the day after for breakfast, you were not in your assigned bedroom in the castle. Chrom knocked on your door, but there was no response. When he went inside, there was nobody there. He knows you are not a heavy sleeper like Gerome, so he was worried something may have happened to you. He called for all of us who were awake about where you could be. I was one of them. That's when we all realized we have not seen you since you excused yourself for dinner that night. We were so worried that you had gone missing or if some rogue Valmese assassins kidnapped you."

Lucina realized it was true. She did not cover her tracks well that night. Chrom gave Robin the Walhart's personal bedroom that night to relax on as a reward for conquering the castle, and Robin excused himself quite early to bed because he was tired. Chrom had assigned her one of Walhart's guest bedrooms in the castle, but she did not even spend the night there. Instead, she sneaked off to Robin's room. When the two woke up in a lover's embrace, Lucina realized that it would be bad if she was seen coming out of Robin's room. To prevent this, Lucina sneaked out the window and tried to act as nonchalant as possible.

"Yes, I imagine that worried everybody. How did it end up? I just went to the main room to eat."

"Well, you might not be aware of this, but Chrom was just telling everybody to split up and search the castle and even the Valmese cadavers for you. You just came in at the right time so the search was called off. As for why father didn't question why you disappeared, I really think you got lucky. He just seemed to care that you were safe."

"Wow, was I that close to getting in trouble?"

"Yep. But enough about that, what else happened that night?"

"All right Cynthia, but can you just… change the topic? I think I have told you enough about my private life."

"Aww… I wanna know what happened!"

"Cynthia, I answered your question very thoroughly. Can you just change the topic? We can talk about this another time."

"Okay, Lucina. Don't forget, you said 'another time'. But I guess I will ask you something else then: how many people know about this?"

Lucina thought for a moment, then said, "Well, only my mother, Tiki, and you right now. I don't know if other people suspect it. I swore my mother and the sacred dragon to secrecy."

Cynthia seemed content with that answer. "So when do you plan on telling everybody?"

Lucina was stuck in thought for a moment. She could only respond, "Hopefully after Robin's return. You know, now that I think about it, he knows about it too."

"He knows?" Cynthia seemed shocked to hear this statement. "But I thought he was dead! Did you know before we slayed Grima?"

"Well, he's not dead technically, thank Naga. But he is currently stuck in a dimension between life and death. Well, I figured it out just before we fought Grima, but I could not tell anybody because I wanted to partake in the battle. But no, I did not tell him anything before he 'died'. The plan was to tell him after the battle, but because he made the final strike on Grima, he did not find out. The only reason he knows about this too is because Tiki managed get my consciousness to Robin for me to communicate to him in my dreams."

Cynthia was shocked. "Wait, you knew you were pregnant but still chose to fight against Grima? That could have been disaster. Even if you survived, your unborn baby would not have."

"Cynthia, don't tell our mother this, but the reason I did not say anything was because I needed to take part in the battle against Grima. He had been our archnemesis for years, and I could not just stay behind and watch the battle. If my mother had known, she would have just forced me to stay behind while they fought Grima."

"Lucina, how selfish could you be? You were more concerned about slaying Grima than caring for your child? What kind of a mother are you?"

"Cynthia, I know you would not understand, but yes, slaying Grima was more important."

"Lucina, we could have all taken down Grima just fine!"

"I know, Cynthia. I know. I don't doubt the Shepherd's abilities. They were more than capable."

"So why did you risk yourself, Lucina?"

"Because I could not just stay behind and watch the battle take place. It will just hurt me more."

"How can it hurt you more? You have a legitimate reason for staying behind and to just wait while we did the dangerous work of dealing with Grima and his army. You cannot tell me that staying at the top of Origin Peak is more dangerous than fighting Grima and his minions."

"Cynthia, I know you don't like my choice, so I will try my best to explain. Think of it from my view. Grima conquered the world, destroyed our crops, poisoned our wells, killed our civilians, and unleashed untold suffering on both our continent and Valm. He has been root cause of all our problems. I have been leading the last remnants of the Ylissian Shepherds and the army for years, not knowing if we can survive another day. But however, what would you do if you were told there was something you could do to avert everything Grima did?"

Cynthia knew it was a trick question, but decided to answer honestly. "I would of course do exactly that!"

"Yes, that's the point. You would do anything in your power to make sure the menace does not threaten us ever again. No matter the costs. Even if I had a fever, I would have gone. Even if I lost my sword hand, I probably would still have gone. I know my parents would have disagreed. If I had died, my sacrifice would have been worth it if Grima never threatened the future. Grima had to go."

"Lucina, I already understand your reasons, but I just can't agree with it. You would put somebody else at risk whom has no agency of themselves."

"Cynthia, defeating the Dragon was way more important than any other conditions I had. If I was not there to help, do you know what would have happened to me? I would just be mad at myself for unable to help the other Shepherds who were suffering for me while I was comfortably watching the spectacle unfold. I had to help them."

"Lucina, why can't you think of others just this once?"

"Cynthia, I put myself at risk everyday in battle. At any given moment, any of us could have perished. This was no different. If a miscarriage means that the world is safe, that is definitely a better choice."

Cynthia was not really mad at her sister. Cynthia understood why her sister chose her decision. She just wanted to her old sister's personality back before Risen invaded Ylisse in the future. She just wanted to see her sister safe and happy.

"I know, sis. I know. But I just don't want to see you suffering. You have been too serious about your mission. Maybe you should just take a break at times. Maybe try smiling more."

Lucina forced a smiled and said, "Yes, well I think we are all taking a break right now. Well, maybe except my father. This is, I am already happy because Grima is gone. My main mission is complete, so there is nothing else to worry about. It might have been foolish for me, but I had to do it."

"Can you promise me not to risk yourself again? You said it yourself, your mission is complete."

"Yes, Cynthia. I promise I won't get myself into any more risky situations again. Does that make you feel better?"

"Oh yes sis. So much better. I just think you need a long deserved break and rest. Just don't risk yourself in anything."

"You have my promise."

"Thanks, sis. Oh, look at the time. I should probably go. Nice talking to you sis. It seemed we got more distant ever since we time traveled, but I am glad to know otherwise."

Cynthia began heading out the room. All she had expected was a story, but Cynthia realized there was a deeper story between the two lovers. In some ways, Cynthia was relieved now that Grima is slain, because Lucina became the person she was before the war began: carefree, happy, and friendly.

Lucina suddenly realized she spilled too much information for her younger sister. She had one last thing to confirm.

"Wait, Cynthia. Before you go…"

Cynthia turned her head around just as she reached the door.

"You remember, right? Your promise? Don't tell anybody until Robin is back!"

"Yes, sis! Nobody else is going to suspect a thing!" Cynthia shouted back as she closed the door.