#ask ferdinand

Oh, that is an interesting question. It is hard to pinpoint an exact moment, really. I feel like there was just...a shift that happened gradually that took us from being at each other’s throats to being reluctant allies to being colleagues to being...well. More than colleagues. 

I would like to believe that the beginning of the war was something of a turning point. Edelgard made her intentions known and told us that no one had to follow her if we did not wish to, but I stayed. Despite the fact that she had deposed my father, despite the childish rivalry and my distaste for Hubert and his methods at the time, I did not shirk my duty. Hubert is the sort of person who values loyalty very highly, so I can only hope that helped to shift things in a positive direction. 

I think we just came to understand each other better. Instead of going off of assumptions and preconceived notions, we listened to each other. When I first learned that Hubert actually took the things I said to heart, I was surprised, but pleased. And I tried to make an effort to do the same in return. 

I would go find him. And make whoever dared to take him pay for it dearly. 

Oh. That is an interesting question. 

I suppose I would continue to love him. For me, coming to love someone is a very big thing. I have never been in love before Hubert, and I cannot really imagine myself loving anyone else. I think it would take me many years to move on, assuming I could. My feelings for Hubert were forged over our entire time of knowing each other, give or take a few months of extreme dislike, but even that helped us be who we are to each other now. 

In general, Hubert and I do not talk much about the...darker things he does in the Empire’s name. I believe it falls under the category of things he thinks he needs to shoulder on his own so no one else has to, and I can respect that. There are few people who would volunteer to do it, and I suppose it needs to be done. 

To be honest, I do not need the details. I know Hubert’s motivations, and while I wish no one needed to do dark and dangerous things, that is not currently the world we live in. But it is the world I am hoping we can build.