ᴅɪᴘᴘᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀʙᴇʟ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ɴᴏᴡ ᴄᴀʟʟ ʜᴏᴍᴇ, ɢʀᴀᴠɪᴛʏ ғᴀʟʟs, ᴅɪᴘᴘᴇʀ sᴛɪʟʟ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍʏsᴛᴇʀʏ ʟᴏᴠɪɴɢ ʙᴏʏ ʜᴇ ɪs, ғɪɴᴅs ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ ᴍʏsᴛᴇʀʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪs ᴛᴡɪɴ sɪsᴛᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ, ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ɴᴇᴡ ғᴀᴄᴇs ɪɴ ᴀ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ (ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ! ɪ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ʟᴏɴɢ sᴛᴏʀɪᴇs, sᴏ ᴛʜɪs ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʟᴏɴɢ!) (New remake coming out soon!) (ɪᴅᴋ ɪ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪs, ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏs! ᴍᴀɴʏ sʜɪᴘs ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɴᴏɴ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏɴ sʜɪᴘs ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ, ᴀɴʏᴡʜᴏ! ᴛʜɪs ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ ғᴀɴᴅᴏᴍs ᴍᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀʀᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍɪɴᴇ ᴜᴡᴜ)

[Can be found on AO3!] [Written pre-release, so possible inaccuracies.] [ART IN COVER IS NOT MINE!!! CREDIT GOES TO koyori_n ON INSTAGRAM] War requires sacrifice. Byleth knew that well, especially considering the current war that razed the land. Nothing, however, could prepare him for having to kill his former stundent and friend, Edelgard.