![]() When Byleth said those words, he did it without any sense of strictness, or anger, or genuine concern. With the professor, however, Leonie couldn't be sure. But when Jeralt said it, Leonie knew, even then, that he hadn't been serious and was only establishing authority. Leonie recalled hearing Jeralt say the exact same thing to a group of mercenaries before braving a bandit-filled forest near her village. This was the sort of thing Byleth often said to new mercenaries and it was something Jeralt had once said to him right before his first mission. This was hardly the pep talk the students had expected from their professor. You will follow my every order without question. “Please tell me you have a plan going forward.”īyleth paused, considering this for a moment, before turning to face his students. “I can't help but notice that we have yet to form any sort of strategy for this battle.” Lorenz said, silently evaluating his professor. He could learn new skills easily enough, how was he to train unwilling soldiers?Įventually the students geared up and retrieved their weapons-except for Lysithea and Marianne who came as is-and the group made their way towards the battlefield. It was clear none of these students even wanted to be enrolled here and Byleth wasn't quite sure what he was going to do with them. Then there was Hilda, Ignatz, and Marianne to consider. ![]() Although he was strong in his own right, he didn't have a strong grasp on all combat related subjects and knew little of magic especially. Then again, now that he was her teacher, Byleth supposed it was his job to help her reach that potential.īyleth sighed. But untapped potential was just that: potential. Byleth could see that she was clever, quick thinking, rational, and strong uly the epitome of untapped potential. Next was Lysithea who, like Raphael, clearly lacked real combat experience. ![]() Lorenz had some combat experience, but his style reeked of unnecessary bravado and horribly impractical movement. He had clearly never been in a real fight his life. Raphael was strong but slow, sloppy, and inexperienced. And while it was true that a small part of Byleth really did hate losing, he didn't expect the other houses to put up much of a fight if his own students were anything to judge by.Ĭlaude and Leonie might have been passable mercenaries, but the rest had done little to impress him. There were no stakes involved and nobody was going to die. It wasn't unusual for Byleth to be so aloof, but in truth he wasn't particularly invested in this. We will discuss it on the way.” He said as he grabbed a training sword and headed out. “Shouldn’t we discuss tactics and basic strategy before the battle?”īyleth glanced at the others, who were all looking at him expectantly. “Woah, hang on a moment, Teach!” Claude exclaimed. Suit up and meet me there.” Byleth said, without a hint of emotion in his voice. Byleth had just returned from the faculty strategy meeting and joined the Training Grounds where the other students had gathered to meet him. Today was the day of the mock battle, where the students of the Officers Academy would be tested on their current battle prowess and the professors would be evaluated on their leadership. “Ah! There he is!” Claude said eagerly, pointing to their new professor as Byleth made his way to the Training Grounds. (See the end of the chapter for more notes.) ![]() And I admit, I'm not terribly good at fight scenes, nor am I sure how convincingly I can marry story and gameplay when it comes to battles. My partner wanted to challenge me to write the game's combat into story format and to show off Byleth's early years as a professor, while he still had the personality of the "Ashen Demon".It is just a retelling of the mock battle, so I acknowledge that not everyone will be interested.ĭespite being such a short battle, this ended up being longer than I expected. The request, in this case, was to recreate the mock battle at the beginning of the game. This chapter and the next are both requests, while the third is something I wanted to do on my own. The fic should be a bit more enjoyable to read now. So expect more updates.ĮDIT (): I have reviewed and cleaned up all the chapters. I plan to touch up some of the early chapters later one, starting with this one. If you want to see the original Chapter 1, that is now Chapter 13. EDIT (): Although this is the first chapter chronologically, it was not the first chapter I wrote.
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