Sword and Shield of Seiros: Before Battle

Shamir
...And that is our situation.

Alois
But with so few knights, we'll surely—

Alois
Ah, Professor! Excellent timing.

Shamir
Alois. You're not going to suggest we send students, are you?

Alois
I am, actually. Do you have a problem with that?

Shamir
I do. We can't send them out on a knight's mission without Rhea's blessing.

Alois
I'm sure I can get the go-ahead. I'll just say the students have a...new field training opportunity, or something like that.

Alois
Besides, we'll be there. We're not going to let them get killed by pirates.

Shamir
There are pirates causing havoc in the port of Derdriu, at the center of House Riegan's territory.

Alois
The Merchants' Association sent a request via the Eastern Church, asking for protection.

Shamir
You haven't heard of the Eastern Church? I suppose that's because they don't have much of a presence.

Alois
The Eastern Church controls eastern Fódlan. They don't have a standing army like we do.

Alois
So, for incidents like this, they customarily ask for help from the Central Church.

Shamir
I imagine they want to contribute to make their presence known in the Alliance.

Alois
Be that as it may, we knights are quite busy. We don't have personnel to spare.

Alois
Therefore, we're enlisting your help!

Shamir
You should have some experience dealing with pirates from your mercenary days, right?

Shamir
The students have dealt with pirates, so this shouldn't be a problem for them.

Alois
Come with us, won't you? Think of it as a training exercise. The Merchants' Association will reward us handsomely!