"So, Corrin, how are you feeling today?" asked Orochi. I shrugged. I was supposed to attend some sort of counseling frequently each day ever since my attempt a few days ago. Orochi was deemed most capable in this area. Honestly, the counseling didn't take too long except for one part.
"Alright, have you had any thoughts about suicide lately?" Orochi asked. I shook my head. She then got up from the chair she was sitting in before walking over to a stand to the left of the room. On the stand was a covered platter, which she sat down on the table between us. She then uncovered the platter, revealing two different foods: a peach and some rice breakfast meal.
"Alright Corrin, which one do you want to eat?" Orochi asked, waiting. This was the only part of the counseling that took a long time, mainly because of my indecision. The counseling occurred three times each day, when the retainers and nobles staying at the palace would eat their meals. Two different dishes would be offered to me each time, and I had to choose between them. I stared at the two as Orochi tried to get as comfortable as possible, knowing the session wouldn't end soon.
After the session (Orochi had chosen for me once again), Felicia and I had been walking around in the woods. We weren't doing much of anything; we had stopped in a clearing to take a break.
"Corrin, do you need to use the bathroom?" Felicia asked. She always had to ask things like this, due to my condition. I nodded.
"Alright, find somewhere to relieve, I'll set something up for us to eat." Felicia said, setting down the basket she had. I walked off for a few minutes before finding a secluded spot. However, I had heard what faintly sounded like talking. Unsure of what to do, I stood there before remembering something Felicia had told me that when I had to decide on something and she wasn't around, I was to decide by picking the petals off of a flower. I looked around before my eyes fell on a flower on the ground. I picked it from the ground before plucking the petals off. Once I had finished, it was decided that I would investigate the sounds. I slowly walked before coming up to a clearing, with two women around what looked to be a small campsite. The two looked to be armed and conversing about something. Curious about the topic, I decided to move closer. However, I didn't notice a root in front of me, which I tripped over. I fell flat on my face, tears of pain pricking my eyes. I slowly got up, rubbing my eyes before looking at the two. The women had drawn their weapon, but one of them had dropped her sword upon seeing me and rushed to help me up.
"Lord Corrin! Are you alright?" the woman helping me up asked. I nodded.
"Yes, I'm alright." I said, before realizing she knew me. "Wait, how do you know my name?" I asked, confused.
"The two of us serve your sister." The other one said, putting her axe away. I furrowed my brow, trying to remember. Now that I thought about it, they seemed vaguely familiar. I sighed.
"I'm really sorry, but I don't remember. Can you two tell me your names?" The one by my side huffed.
"Selena, but you better not forget again!"
"I'm Beruka." The other one said. Once I heard the names, some memories came back.
"Oh! Camilla had you two check up on me a lot! But what are you doing so far from Nohr?" I asked, confused. Before either of them could respond, I heard Felicia shouting.
"Milord! Is everything alright?" Felicia shouted.
"Sorry, Felicia's looking for me. You can tell me some other time though." I said, before rushing off back to Felicia.
It had been a few days since then. Felicia and I hadn't really had much of a reason to go to that part of the woods again. Today, I was watching the mystery girl Felicia and I had found a few days ago train with Kaze. After a few days, she was regaining small bits and pieces of her memories. For now, though, she was focused on becoming a soldier and one of my guardians. I was around to heal either of them in case one got hurt. However, the mystery gal wasn't really able to get much offense in. Kaze had once again knocked her to the ground, her naginata clattering on to the ground.
"Come on!" he shouted, "You can't just keep trying to weather my blows! Try to parry them instead of standing there!" The woman was slowly trying to get up, before her eyes widened as if she had some major epiphany.
"Peri!" she shouted. I furrowed my brow.
"Parry?" I asked, confused. She turned to me, grinning from ear to ear.
"Peri! That's my name! P-E-R-I!" she exclaimed, excited. I smiled.
"That's great!" I said, turning to Kaze.
"That's great." He echoed. "Did you remember anything else?" Peri nodded.
"I remembered that I'm from nobility. But that's it." Kaze nodded.
"Well, we should get back to training, then." Kaze said, as Peri got back up and picked her naginata up from the ground.