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Rumor had already spread across the monastery, about the mercenary who had apparently saved the lives of Fodlan's three future leaders. A young woman and the famous blade breaker was it...?
Ferdinand was eager to meet them, they were apparently staying at the monastery for now, perhaps were they joining the knights of seiros? Maybe he would even get the chance to spare against them and prove his CLEAR superiority to Edelgard, he thought as he wondered off to his classroom.
After all, it was already outrageous enough that he didn't get to be class leader of the black eagles. Well yes she might have been the imperial princess but that didn't mean that she was in whatever way superior to him, he was, after all the heir to the prestigious house Aegir.
As he was walking down the hall, he saw a young woman, teal haired, speaking with Edelgard, could it be...?
"... and that would be all you need to know about the black eagl-" Edelgard sighed as she turned to face the ginger haired boy. "Would this lady be the famous mercenary who saved you, Edelgard?" The woman next to Edelgard looked a bit... blank? It was hard to tell what she was thinking, but he wasn't going to let Edelgard take all her attention! "Yes." The white haired woman answered coldly. "Ah! I must introduce myself then, I am Ferdinand Von Aegir, heir to the noble house of prime ministers of the empire, house Aegir, its an honor to meet you" he bowed slightly and looked back up to watch the woman's reaction, but really- he got no reaction.
"Byleth." Well... that was awkward, she should be at least slightly impressed, after all, he was the future prime minister of the empire. "W-well I shall take my leave", he bowed slightly and quickly walked away feeling slightly embarrassed at the lack of attention that he was given.
He got to class to meet with the rest of the eagles, even though, they would not have class today technically because their teacher had decided to run away the night of the fight, "shameful", he thought, but then who would teach them now? Surely the church must be looking for someone else to take the job, however they might also end up with Manuela or Hanneman. He'd prefer to have Manuela if anything, he was quite a fan of hers.
Linhardt was talking to Caspar, while Hubert was just keeping guard outside the door, probably waiting for Edelgard. He saw Dorothea having a conversation with Petra in the back of the class, to which he bowed in acknowledgement only for her to roll her eyes, "Hmm odd, have I perhaps done something to anger her?" He thought before seeing an anxious Edelgard entering the class, what was she thinking?
As the students were waiting for the church to find a new teacher, they were doing class discussions and the such, with Edelgard always trying to be the center of attention, as expected.
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Byleth had spoken with each of the house leaders, really she was still surprised about her appointment, what was Lady Rhea thinking? She has no experience with such an important job, after all, she will be teaching future nobles and important head figures of Fodlan no matter what house she picks.
And that choice wasn't easy either, all of the houses had some charm to them.
She had first spoken to Edelgard, who told her all she had to know about the black eagles, they were an interesting bunch, all of them were nobles except the songstress, Dorothea. And then there was that ginger man that she spoke with, Ferdinand was it? He had lost no time shoving his status in her face. Perhaps is it not the house for her? That including the odd looks Edelgard gives her, like she's judging her every movement.
Then she was stopped by Claude, he seemed more laid back, he acted much less noble than the people she met from the black eagles, and he seemed friendlier, was it just a mask? She couldn't really tell, but his house seemed more welcoming.
Finally it was Dimitri, he was a very polite young man, everything about him seemed sincere, expect... was he hiding something dark? His house, the blue lions was full of hardworking individuals, they were all very sweet, especially Mercedes and Anette, those two were simply adorable. Well yes Felix seemed grumpy but she could tell that he REALLY liked swordmanship, and luckily enough, that was her speciality, and Sylvain would be... interesting to deal with but at least Ingrid could keep him in check, she thought.
She was rethinking about everything she had learned about the three houses, it will not be an easy choice.