Edelgard & Ferdinand C

Ferdinand
You came at just the right time, Edelgard.

Edelgard
Is that so...

Ferdinand
Yes. I have a story for you.

Ferdinand
It's about a pair of nobles, living about a hundred years after the founding of the Adrestian Empire.

Ferdinand
One was Derick von Aegir. People called him the Warrior Prime Minister. He bravely led soldiers into battle, and mowed down his enemies.

Ferdinand
And the other—

Edelgard
Was the emperor of the time. She wagered the throne in a duel against Derick and won.

Edelgard
"Why don't we do what our ancestors did and have a little duel ourselves?"

Edelgard
That's what you were going to say, but the answer is no.

Ferdinand
You interrupted me!

Ferdinand
The Warrior Prime Minister used a dramatic line to propose the duel, and you did not allow me to say it!

Edelgard
My apologies, Ferdinand.

Ferdinand
Well, at any rate, you were correct in surmising that I was about to challenge you.

Ferdinand
But you were rather blunt in your refusal.

Edelgard
Ferdinand, control yourself. When will you tire of challenging me in pointless competitions?

Ferdinand
I can quit now, if you insist on it. I will not challenge you again.

Edelgard
You expect me to believe that?

Ferdinand
Why do you look so surprised? Of course, it is not a valid duel unless both parties are willing.

Ferdinand
Now that you have refused outright, I must come up with some other way of getting that which I seek.

Edelgard
I'm afraid to ask what you could possibly mean by that...

Ferdinand
Only that I will find some other way of showing everyone that I am superior to you.

Ferdinand
Huh. I will write a handbill listing your accomplishments, alongside my own, more impressive accomplishments.

Ferdinand
Copyists will produce thousands of these pamphlets and distribute them far and wide. Then everyone will know about my—

Edelgard
This has to stop. Ugh, perhaps I should have ended things with a duel after all...