Constance & Edelgard B

Edelgard
You've got a look of resolve on your face, Constance. Have you come to a decision?

Constance
Quite so. I never waver for long, you know.

Constance
I am ready to enlighten you regarding the secret that House Nuvelle has kept for generations.

Edelgard
You have my gratitude. You will be rewarded for taking such a drastic measure.

Edelgard
To be clear, this is about your Crest, correct?

Constance
Your instincts are sharp.

Constance
According to the Empire's records, I bear the Major Crest of Macuil.

Constance
But those records are mistaken. In point of fact, the Crest that I bear is—

Edelgard
The Major Crest of Noa, one of the lost saints.

Edelgard
That bloodline was believed to have died out. No one, not even the Imperial nobility, bears that Crest.

Edelgard
How, then, did you come by that bloodline? And how did you manage to thwart the Empire's investigations into the matter?

Constance
All of the answers you seek are tied to House Nuvelle's origins.

Constance
Close to a thousand years ago, Saint Noa parted ways with Saint Seiros. She lived out her days in seclusion on what would become Nuvelle territory.

Constance
Her children obscured their origins before serving the Empire. It wasn't long before they were ennobled.

Constance
I suspect Saint Noa feared that revealing her Crest would only lead to tragedy.

Edelgard
So she passed it off as the Crest of Macuil, which already existed within the Empire...

Constance
Yes. Much like Saint Macuil, Saint Noa was known to be a masterful mage.

Constance
Her magic ensured that any test would not reveal the true nature of her Crest. Otherwise, someone may have exploited our bloodline long ago.

Edelgard
Hmm... House Nuvelle was known for producing as few heirs as possible.

Edelgard
It was also known for keeping its offspring "pure," mostly by disallowing marriage with other houses.

Edelgard
All of that effort was in order to conceal Noa's bloodline, wasn't it?

Constance
Yes, but it was a factor in our house's ultimate downfall.

Constance
Our priorities were, perhaps, not what they ought to have been.

Constance
In sidestepping the internal strife within the Empire, we left ourselves open to the external threat posed by Dagda.

Constance
With stronger blood ties to other houses, we might have had allies in our time of greatest need.

Edelgard
Interesting... I always had the inkling that the six noble houses were eager to see House Nuvelle fall.

Edelgard
Thank you for trusting me with this, Constance.