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    Summary

    What if, rather than first meeting at Remire Village, Byleth had been a retainer in Edelgard's service for nearly a year before they attended the Officer's Academy at Garreg Mach?
    What happens when, absent the convenient excuse of rescuing a trio of very important students from bandits, Rhea simply makes Byleth a professor as a fait accompli? When Hubert and Edelgard have an additional trusted ally, one who happens to have the Archbishop's eye for reasons unknown to them?

    In this AU, Byleth has been Edelgard's sworn blade for nearly a year, and Sothis has likewise been awake for about as long.
    And, most importantly, she (and Sothis) know enough to make trouble.

    “Sometimes,” Flayn says suddenly, “people make light of terrible experiences they have had, thinking they are funny– only to realize they are not when they see the reactions of those around them.”

    (Slight alternating PoV: Currently we've seen Byleth & Edelgard, our main protagonists, as well as Hubert, Monica, Mr. The Flame Emperor, Dimitri, and Sothis.)

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