Edelgard & Lysithea A

Edelgard
How are you today, Lysithea?

Lysithea
Fine, thank you. And yourself?

Edelgard
Quite well, thank you.

Lysithea
I overheard something recently. Something pertaining to you and your vision for the future...

Lysithea
Is it really true that you intend to create a world in which Crests no longer exist?

Edelgard
It's true. My aim is to dismantle the current system of aristocracy.

Edelgard
The only reason nobles enjoy the status they do is because their bloodlines carry Crests. If Crests lose their value, so will titles of nobility.

Lysithea
I really agree with your thinking.

Lysithea
My parents have suffered throughout their lives due to their nobility.

Lysithea
Due to my own Crests, I've never been able to live a normal life.

Lysithea
I'm sick of nobility and Crests—of all of it. It sounds as if it's truly your mission to change things.

Lysithea
I'll pledge my life to your cause, however short it may be.

Edelgard
Lysithea...

Lysithea
Has your hair always been that color, by the way?

Edelgard
Huh?

Lysithea
I ask because mine wasn't always this color. I lost all pigment after receiving my two Crests.

Lysithea
Edelgard, I want a world where people like you and I are no longer victimized. I want you to bring that world into being.

Lysithea
If it's within me to help that come to pass, then I'll do whatever it takes.

Edelgard
Understood. I promise to do all I can to see this goal to fruition.

Edelgard
And I want you to promise something in return... that you will never stop fighting for your life.

Edelgard
Whatever terrible fate awaits us, we can fight it and prevail!

Edelgard
I need you to trust me on that. Do you promise?

Lysithea
I...I promise. I will try my best to believe that.

Edelgard
Good girl. Now then...would you care for a sweet cake?

Lysithea
Ugh, please do not call me that! But uh...yes. Yes, I would.