Ferdinand & Marianne C+ / houses.fedatamine.com

Marianne, Byleth enter the scene

Are you enjoying this lovely day, Dorte? Everyone seems to be in such good spirits.

Ferdinand enters the scene

Marianne, do you have a moment?

Oh! Ferdinand! What do you need?

I have been thinking about what you said.

I didn't mean to upset you. You should just ignore me and—

You misunderstand. It is not that you upset me.

Honestly, you mystify me. You are a noble, and yet you do not wish to be one. Is that not so?

I did not expect to hear that from the daughter of Margrave Edmund.

But...I'm not actually his daughter.

He's a distant relative. We share very little of the same blood.

But still, you come from a noble lineage, do you not?

Oh, no. I'm just a minor noble from the countryside.

Minor though it may be, you were born into a noble family. Which means you are a noble too.

We did not choose to become nobles. We were born into the nobility.

I understand, but that's why...

Why I said I don't care to be responsible. I had no say in the matter!

Marianne! I—

My parents and I have suffered because of this bloodline and Crest.

Even so, I am prepared to do what I must as the daughter of a noble family...

But to be told that's still not enough, I...I just... Ugh!

I...I see. I will not pretend to understand. But you should try to calm down a bit.

Certainly, things did not turn out the way you had hoped. But the conditions are such that—

The conditions? Those will never change. There's nothing to do but give up!

Please, just leave! Ignore me!

There will be no convincing you. Very well. I will go.

Ferdinand leaves the scene

Oh Goddess... Why did you curse me with such suffering?