Fire Emblem Three Houses: Wanderer

Edelgard's Feelings

Edelgard was ecstatic to see him again. When Byleth returned after all those years. Only for him to leave.

She thought they had a future together. She would've sworn a month ago that after the war her and Byleth would only see clear skies together.

Since...

That night.

It was a week after he had returned and that smile of his made her heart skip a beat as she spotted him looking at the stars during the cool evening.

"Trouble sleeping?" She asked.

"Five years," Byleth sighs, "It's been five years Edelgard. Do you ever... wish we could go back?"

"Back to what?" Edelgard inquires.

"Five years ago," Byleth explains, "How often I think about after the mock battle, when all three houses ate together and just... had fun. As friends. Do you ever wish for that?"

"I don't wish for what I can't have," Edelgard sighs, "But that doesn't mean time and again I won't desire it. But..."

Edelgard blushes, "Why don't we focus on what we do have? Like... each other?"

Her face red as her armor Edelgard proceeds, "It's rather cold tonight. Let's... go back to my room. You seem like you could use the company."

"Edelgard..." Byleth responded, shocked but taking her hand and following her, his face as red as the fire from his sword.

That night... well... they were very close to say the least.

The less said about that the better, as now in present day, Edelgard looks at a ring, a ring passed down from generation to generation through her family, clutching it in her palm she mutters, "I would've fought them with you if you had just waited Byleth."

She looks to the moon, the stars, much as Byleth did the night she spent with him. Until her depressed longing is interrupted...

"Trouble sleeping?" Dorthea inquires, approaching the empress.

"Oh uhhhh..." Edelgard replies, collecting herself, "Yeah."

"Oh boy I know that look anywhere," Dorthea sighs, "Boy trouble isn't it?"

"Could say that," Edelgard admits, "If he has just trusted me-"

"Well," Dorthea replies, "Maybe he did until he learned something he didn't like. True love is usually based in some amount of trust you see and when that trust is broken it can be difficult to repair. Don't worry though."

Dorthea smiles and offers a jovial wink, "We heard rumors of a green haired wanderer up north. We can find the professor."

Blushing, Edelgard demands, "How did you know it was him?"

"I've see the way you two look at each other," Dorthea chuckles, "Shall we go attend to the matter?"

Edelgard collects herself and steels her resolve, returning to her powerful, almost cold resolve, "No. I will send you and one other member of the Black Eagel Strike Force to handle this. We cannot take pressure off the Alliance. I however trust you to handle this discreetly. Do you understand?"

Dorthea smiles, "Of course. Consider it done."

She wanders off to decide who to take with her on this mission as Edelgard thinks aloud, "I'm gonna find him. I'm gonna bring him back..."

Linhardt and Dorthea left the next day, sneaking past the border as the two discuss, the buzzing of mosquitos filling the air as they walk through the dense forest.