Ferdinand & Marianne C+ / houses.fedatamine.com

Marianne, Byleth enter the scene

Marianne

Are you enjoying this lovely day, Dorte? Everyone seems to be in such good spirits.

Ferdinand enters the scene

Ferdinand

Marianne, do you have a moment?

Marianne

Oh! Ferdinand! What do you need?

Ferdinand

I have been thinking about what you said.

Marianne

I didn't mean to upset you. You should just ignore me and—

Ferdinand

You misunderstand. It is not that you upset me.

Ferdinand

Honestly, you mystify me. You are a noble, and yet you do not wish to be one. Is that not so?

Ferdinand

I did not expect to hear that from the daughter of Margrave Edmund.

Marianne

But...I'm not actually his daughter.

Marianne

He's a distant relative. We share very little of the same blood.

Ferdinand

But still, you come from a noble lineage, do you not?

Marianne

Oh, no. I'm just a minor noble from the countryside.

Ferdinand

Minor though it may be, you were born into a noble family. Which means you are a noble too.

Ferdinand

We did not choose to become nobles. We were born into the nobility.

Marianne

I understand, but that's why...

Marianne

Why I said I don't care to be responsible. I had no say in the matter!

Ferdinand

Marianne! I—

Marianne

My parents and I have suffered because of this bloodline and Crest.

Marianne

Even so, I am prepared to do what I must as the daughter of a noble family...

Marianne

But to be told that's still not enough, I...I just... Ugh!

Ferdinand

I...I see. I will not pretend to understand. But you should try to calm down a bit.

Ferdinand

Certainly, things did not turn out the way you had hoped. But the conditions are such that—

Marianne

The conditions? Those will never change. There's nothing to do but give up!

Marianne

Please, just leave! Ignore me!

Ferdinand

There will be no convincing you. Very well. I will go.

Ferdinand leaves the scene

Marianne

Oh Goddess... Why did you curse me with such suffering?