For Unity
Hey everybody, I bet you've been wondering where I disappeared to after the last chapter update. Well I began pondering ideas of the next few chapters in my head during my original hiatus that since the actual dates were pretty close, I'd just wait until then so… here we are. But in other news I also, finally, beat my Golden Deer route. Just need to finish silver snow than I can finally complete the game. If you have any suggestions on who I should pair with on silver snow PM me or leave review. More info on that I'll include at the end of the chapter. Anyway, let's move on to what you guys have been waiting for.
Chapter 23
Vision
Shortly after my celebration for finding the solution to saving Jeralt. I quickly made my way down to the dorms knocking on his door. *Knock, Knock, knock* "*Sigh* What do you want?" Hubert asked as he opened the door, "Oh, it's you." He said with an unimpressed tone. "A- am… I…" I sputtered as I tried to catch my breath from my sprint down. "Sorry… I ran… all the way here." I explained as I began to slow my heart rate. "Phew, ok… Sorry." I apologized. "Please state for your intrusion before I lose interest." He replied. "Sorry, I just need to speak with you a moment." I motioned to do so in the privacy of his room. "May I?" I asked asking to enter. "Fine but be quick." He said motioning me in.
"I'll make this quick." I replied. "I just need to ask you to be more, well, present around Edelgard." I said. "Professor, none of that statements makes enough sense." He replied beginning to grow tired of my antics. "I'm asking you to essentially bodyguard Edelgard more than you already do, like beyond an obnoxious amount?" I posed. "May I ask as to why?" He wondered.
"With this month's mission I don't want to take any risks of my doppelganger doing anything to her." I replied, "So, I'm asking that within any of my absences that you watch over her especially after my departure for this month's mission don't ever let her out of you sight?" I implored. "Hmm!" He hummed, "You're assuming that your Doppel knows how to somehow get around the protections of the Garreg Mach or… They have a spy in our midst." He presumed, "The latter." I replied. "Whom is it?" he asked. "That I cannot say as that will force them to act differently especially with my Doppel having extra plans to counter act my playing out of turn." I replied. "For now, all I can do is wait until the day I can explain." I added.
"Fine, I will do more than my duty to protect Edelgard, but I request I know when you plan to be around her as I know she will find odd with you avoiding her." He requested. "Fair point, Edelgard and I usually attend meals together, usually it will vary on the day but I'll see to it being either lunch or dinner switching from day to day, if she explicitly asks for me to join her for another meal time you are more than welcome to join us." I explained, "I also tag along with her to the infirmary for her recovery checkups." I added, "And last but not least sometimes she enjoys our private chats whether in hers or my quarters they span usually an hour to two hours depending on our conversations, should you feel the need, knock I'll try to make some kind of excuse that I have to leave or some garbage for you to escort her or whatever the situation ends up being." I finished.
"My if I didn't know any better, I would say your getting in close with her highness?" Hubert pried, "I have no comment for that, but I appreciate your help in this endeavor." I said beginning to turn towards the door. "Oh, one more thing, the day of this months mission, do not leave her alone at any point until we arrive back at the monastery should she disappear, and you cannot find her, immediately tell me." I added. "How would I achieve that?" he asked. "You're the one who knows the teleportation spell and you're asking me?" I replied. "Let me rephrase, how am I to achieve communicating with you when I won't know where you are?" he asked. "It's the ruined church down in the town, so we should be either marching there or already there one of two places you can teleport to very easily." I explained, "Now with that I'll be off I still have to ready myself for class today." I finished walking out the door. "Thank you again Hubert." I said leaving the room.
A couple of weeks later
"Professor?" I heard coming from the back of the classroom. "Yes…" I paused to turn around to see who had called out "Miss Serna!" I called out. "With the mission up coming when will us students hear the details of the mission?" She asked. "Right I haven't gone over those yet." I paused as I removed my newly made reading glasses, "Two days from now we will be meeting in the training hall once more, I'll discuss the details then and we'll do the planned training for the mission." I replied, "Are their any objections or questions?" I asked, looking around the class, "No, alrighty back to the lesson." I said turning back to my chalk board starting to fill out equations for quadratics.
Later
I made my trek up the stairs alongside Edelgard as we moved to her checkup with Manuela. "Professor?" She said turning to me. "Do you think I'll be able to join this month's mission?" She asked. "Well, I'll be honest, I'm just hoping you've made a full recovery." I said shyly. "But why not let me join the mission?" She asked frustrated with my answer. "I don't want to sound redundant, but I just need you to sit out on this last mission." I replied, "I'm just scared of what might happen if I take you in this battle." I explained. "Professor!" she protested. "I'm sorry, I promise this is the last time, please just promise me you'll stay here when we depart for the mission?" I pleaded with her.
Our argument continued into the infirmary shocking Manuela with our discord. "Professor, please let me tag along I'll even have Hubert with me everywhere on the battlefield!" She said beginning to bargain with me. "El, for the last time, I can't afford to bring you along. I can't risk not having the security of the monastery protecting you with my Doppel still roaming with the enemy forces."
Even with our argument continuing on the checkup went on; making it seem like this occurrence was standard. I could appreciate Manuela's ability to act nonchalant about the whole ordeal, but I noticed it begin to take tolls to not interject. So, with the checkup finished, we managed to silence ourselves long enough to hear Manuela explain Edelgard's condition.
"Well, if I'm to be honest with you, I would say you're in the condition to join a mission as long as it isn't a strenuous battle, but that would also depend on your professor." She said gesturing to me. "My decision is final; remember I know what events are to come." I replied. "Yet you still haven't told anyone!" Edelgard countered. "I can't risk influencing the tactics used to change not to mention my Doppel is still pulling the strings behind our enemies so I don't know if he has an alternate strategy that will be enacted upon your arrival there." I retorted, "I may be a man that gambles, but I also know when the table is against me. So, I'm asking you to do the same with me and walk away." I argued.
And then and there Edelgard walked off in a huff. 'If only I could tell her what this month's battle will be.' I thought as I gave a sigh. "She's really determined to join this fight." Manuela interjected. "I know, that's one thing I admire about her, but it's also what makes her so stubborn." I said beginning to walk out.
"The time grows closer, I wonder?" He said looking at the night sky, his sinister grin growing as he contemplated his plan. "Have you truly found your solution?" He said as he began to give his sinister cackle. "heh heh your gonna wish you hadn't." He said turning back down into the darkness.
Alright that's it for this chapter I haven't started my play through yet so character gender is still in the air, so my criteria is cuteness I expect it to be a cute coupling, so trying to recruit them into my house is also an option as it always is. So, when I feel like I've found one I'll start by announcing my characters gender to, you know, narrow it down. I'll then later announce who I'm choosing within the next couple of chapters or so. Anyway, I spent a lot of time trying to come up with these few chapters and my life has been an absolute hell doing such as not only thinking of a plot line, but also worrying if I pass my finals, (I did, but that's not the point.) but now that I've got time and the heavy stresses of my life are out of the way not to mention I'm on break, it makes coming up with a plot, although I feel this chapters plot could have been different, but I can't quiet but my finger on it, anyway next chapter I'll release on Christmas as that is the dance and the day after I'll release the chapter of the mission as you know that's the day. Then after that I'll be seeing you guys after the new year. So, look forward to that. All right, that's it for now bye guys.