>>5289127>“I…I can’t. I can’t support Edelgard. Not after all that I’ve seen. She expects me to open the gates of Garreg Mach for her? So that her soldiers can come in and slaughter the clergy? The Knights of Seiros that we’ve fought side by side with all year?” You shake your head. “No. I won’t have any part of that. She’s in league with the same “Inhumans” that killed and tortured Martha and Xavier. She may have her reasons for striking such a dark alliance, but I refuse to take part in it. Regardless of what the consequences may be.”“Are you sure this is the decision you wish to make?” Corrine says. She clutches your hands, looking you firmly in the eyes. “There’s no going back from this. No waiting for further clarification. If we don’t complete our mission tonight, we’ll be branded as deserters. At best, we’ll never be able to step foot in the Empire again. At worst, we’ll be hounded by the Imperial Army for the rest of our lives. If they catch us, we can expect nothing but death. That’s not to mention the friends you’ll be leaving behind. Dorothea, Bernadetta, Caspar and Petra. Though I’m loathed to admit it, I believe they’ll fall in line with Her Highness. You’d be giving up a position of power in the Imperial Army, for virtually nothing. Giving up your status under the Rusalkan Court, to live the life of a fugitive. Is this really what you want? What you can live with?”
>You nod your head. “I know what this means. Don’t feel as though you must join me. But…I can’t align myself with the Empire. Not after what I’ve seen. What I’ve pieced together. Hubert knows that I’ve stuck my nose into what those Inhumans have going on. If he were to find me a threat to revealing their secret, I’m as good as dead.” You take a deep breath. “I don’t know what the future will hold. Joining the Knights of Seiros or striking out on my own. But I know this. My enemy is not the Church of Seiros, or even the Empire for that matter. It’s those Inhumans. The so-called ‘Seven Sages of Agartha’. I won’t allow them to take advantage of my debt to the Count. Nor will I let them use me as an expendable pawn in their twisted schemes. I’ll choose another route. And if they get in my way, I’ll knock them down. One by one!”Corrine stares at you silently. Outside, you can hear some the beginning rumblings of a commotion. The residents of Garreg Mach, responding to whatever the cause of that explosion was. Finally, the girl sighs. “You’re going to be the death of me, Blair.” She smiles mischievously. “I suppose I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
>“Are you sure? You said it yourself. Your family will be in great peril if you do this.”Corrine shrugs. “Their problem. Not mine. Now then, if we aren’t going to be opening the floodgates for our dear Empress, that still leaves us with the question of what to do now? Any ideas?”
