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Edelgard was sitting on her bed, waiting for her best friend Hubert to arrive. She had just gotten back from a week-long trip to her cousin’s house in Fhirdiad, and she couldn’t wait to tell him all about it.
Suddenly, her bedroom door opened and Hubert stepped in. Edelgard ran over to hug him.
“Hubert!” she greeted. “It’s so good to see you!”
“You too, Edelgard,” he said, returning the hug. “How was Fhirdiad? Was it cool?”
“The coolest! Come on, sit down! I’ll tell you all about it.”
Edelgard grabbed Hubert’s arm and dragged him into her room. She sat back down on her bed, while he sat on her carpeted floor.
“So!” she began with a clap. “Fhirdiad was awesome ! I mean, it was super cold, but I got to go ice skating on an actual pond !”
“Woah…” Hubert marvelled.
“Yeah! Cousin Dimitri taught me how to do it, and he was super good at it! If I ever go back, you should totally come with me and learn, too!”
“I couldn’t do that. He’s your family.”
“But you’re my best friend! I’m sure he won’t mind. Besides, he’s got enough ice-skating talent for both of us.”
“Are you sure?”
“Absolutely.”
“Thanks, Edelgard.”
“Of course, Hubert! But that wasn’t the best part of the trip. We got to go to Fhirdiad’s history museum, and it was amazing! They had so much stuff on the Reunification of Fódlan!”
“I’ll bet it wasn’t as good as our history museum.”
“Well, does our history museum have an entire exhibit dedicated to the Flame Emperor and the Wings of the Hegemon?”
“No way.”
“Yes way! It’s only gonna be there for a short time, and I got to see it!”
“Well, it’ll be going to other museums soon, so then I’ll get to see it.”
“But I saw it first.”
“True.” Hubert leaned forward. “Tell me all about it.”
“Okay! Well, it’s kinda a timeline of her life. We mostly skipped over her early life, ‘cause it was super boring, but then we got to the part where she got her two Crests.”
“Aww, that part of her life is so sad. We just finished that unit in history.”
“Yeah, it was. I can’t believe all her siblings died ! I’d hate it if all of my siblings died.”
“Especially at the hands of those stupid TWSITD goons. They sucked ! I can’t believe the Flame Emperor worked with them.”
“Well, if you were at the exhibit , then you’d know that she took a calculated risk. She went after them once the war was over, so it was okay.”
“True.”
“Yeah. So, anyway, that was when things started to get really interesting. That was when she and the Emperor’s Confidant began making their plans!”
“Ooh! He’s definitely the coolest out of all of her allies.”
“No way. The Wings of the Hegemon was the coolest. But anyway, that was when they decided to go to the Officer’s Academy.”
“Imagine being able to claim that the Flame Emperor and the Emperor’s Confidant went to your school.”
“I know . But apparently, the archbishop really didn’t like her. She made the Wings of the Hegemon choose between two of them!”
“Oh yeah, at the battle of the Holy Tomb. I’m glad they sided with the Flame Emperor. Imagine where we’d be if they didn’t.”
The two of them shuddered.
“Yeah,” Edelgard said. “After that, the rest of the timeline was about her time at the academy, and then the war. Then we got to the speculation about who she ended up with at the end of the war, ‘cause there were never any records of marriage.”
“ I think she ended up with the Emperor’s Confidant,” Hubert smirked. “I mean, they spent nearly their whole lives together! Come on.”
“Yeah, but we’ve been together our whole lives, and we aren’t together.”
“Eww.”
“Exactly. I think she ended up with the Wings of the Hegemon. I’d marry someone like them!”
“Just because you’d marry them doesn’t mean she’d marry them. What about the Mystical Songstress?”
“ Ooh . Maybe. But imagine marrying someone who played you in an opera.”
“Weird.”
“Exactly. What about the Sleepy Scholar? They were pretty close.”
“ Him ? No way. He was lazy, and she was driven. They’re complete opposites.”
“Ugh, we’re never gonna agree on this. Wanna hear about the other parts of the museum, instead?”
“Yeah. That sounds good.”