Edelgard's Room

If she was going to hide somewhere, it needed to be with someone who had the power to turn away any professors that came looking for her... Maybe Edelgard could help her? She was her house leader after all, and her time gardening with her in the greenhouse showed her that she's not likely to attack her or laugh at her in her current state...

Unable to come up with any other options in her panic-stricken mind, the stark-naked girl barreled past her unwanted audience, praying to the merciful goddess that this nightmare would end. Tears streaming down her face, she ran towards the entrance to the second floor dormitories, arms doing their best to cover her body from view. She could do nothing, however, to hide the rather hypnotizing view of her large, pale rear giving a very slight jiggle with each step she took, much to the enjoyment of the crowd.

Bernie tried not to think too much as she ran down the steps leading towards the greenhouse. She knew that if she did... if she thought about how it and the nearby docks were often full of nobles, commoners, merchants and various other kinds of visitors who would all see her... well, she was pretty sure she would end up passing out again, if she didn't die of mortification first.

Luck was not on the young girls side today, a fact she was increasingly realizing. It took mere seconds for a shout to go up in the harbor, turning the attention of the shocked public towards the unfortunate streaker. Unable to do anything else, Bernadetta ran straight for the stairs leading to the second floor dorms, trying to ignore the way her bare feet were starting to ache on the rough stone beneath her.

Speeding her way up the stairs, she finally reached the reasonably secluded location of the dorms hallway. Mercifully, they were currently deserted, but Bernie did not want to leave that to chance. If she could hide away somewhere for the rest of her life and never see another person again, that would be for the best.

Bursting through Edelgard's doors, the naked girl began babbling off the first thing that came to her mind.

"EDELGARDITSMEBERNIEPLEASEYOUNEEDTOHIDEMEPLEASEPLEASEPLE-"

"GAHHH!"

An uncharacteristic scream came from the future emperor as she hastily seemed hide some sort of large, metallic object behind her. Whatever it was, Bernadetta couldn't care less at this point, continuing her rambling in an effort to convince her.

"PLEASEPROFESSORBYLETHTOLDMEICOULDNTWEARANYTHING-"

"Bernadetta"

"UNTILIPASSTHEARMOREXAMSAND"

"Bernadetta!"

"IDONTTHINKICANLASTANENTIREWEEKUNTILI-"

"BERNADETTA!"

Edelgard's final yell of frustration seemed to snap her out of it, quieting her down as the house leader took a deep breath to calm herself. With a light blush, nowhere near the level of Bernadetta's completely flushed face, she tried to think of some way she could get her out of her room before she saw what she was holding. She felt bad for... _whatever _was going on with her, clearly able to see that the girl was distressed. Looking down at the shut-in's (surprisingly cute) body, she could easily guess why, but unfortunately she ended up coming in at the worst possible time. Looking at the slight nicks and cuts that adorned the nude girl, she had an idea.

"I, uh, don't quite know exactly what's going on, but as long as Professor Byleth said something about you having to... uh... dress like this, I wouldn't dare go against her." she stuttered out, the combination of her awkward positioning and the fact she was alone in a room with a completely naked, and not all bad looking, girl making her lose some of her composure.

"I-i'm not asking you to, I just need somewhere to hi-"

"HOWEVER, I cannot possibly allow you to stay here while you're so injured. We'll need to get you to Professor Manuela for healing. If you're unable to cover yourself, after all, you could easily get one of those cuts infected." Edelgard was proud of the completely reasonable answer she gave, knowing that Bernadetta would be happy to know she was simply looking out for her. She was sure that she would become even better friends with her after this, and Professor Byleth might even praise her for helping the shut-in in such a stressful time for the poor thing... M-maybe she'd even give her some "extra lessons" as a thank you... possibly with Bernadetta helping them...

Forgetting that she was meant to be hiding it, she immediately kicked her Flame Emperor helmet under her bed, grabbing Bernadetta's hand and pulling her out the room before she got a chance to see what it was, dragging down the hall as her fantasies began playing in her mind.

Bernadetta, of course, was not happy with this course of action, not seeing it as the amazingly thoughtful help that Edelgard assumed she would. Her cuts and scrapes were light and barely even that noticeable, but no matter how loudly she protested, she could not get her to listen to her pleas to let go. However, no matter how hard she tried to pull away, Edelgard's surprisingly monstrous strength prevented her from taking her hand back and escaping into an empty room.

She couldn't go back out there... she just couldn't! So... what could she possibly do? Would she be forcefully dragged across the entire monastery to get to Manuela's office? Or could she figure out some way out of this?