Edelgard keeps her word

It was the day of the festival. Edelgard is standing in the open field with nothing but a red nose, fake antlers, and a little harness to pull the sled across the snow.

Faerghus is cold, especially if you aren't wearing anything. Her pale skin is covered in goosebumps and a few melting snowflakes. Her small breasts stand sharper than her axe. The ground under her bare feet is slippery and muddy, definitely not fit for an Emperor.

Even so, she remains still to try to keep at least some air of elegance. Hands at her side, smooth legs apart from one other. It ill befits someone of her stature to be squirming and shivering.

Edelgard can't believe this. She now looks like a clown. She is so humiliated. Her face is very red... she feels embarrassed. Why did she even say yes to this?

“Hmm… h-hiya!” Dimitri gives a soft shake of the reins to get the sled moving. He isn't very sure how to feel about this situation aside from being uncomfortable. Sure, Edelgard was his enemy, but she was also his classmate... and maybe his cousin?

Claude, however, was having the time of his life. “Come on Dimitri, get in the spirit of things!” He takes over the reins and gives them a hard yank. Edelgard feels really uncomfortable but starts pulling the sled.

She soon sees the people in the village, they are whispering to each other and laughing. They are pointing fingers at her. After all, it's not every day that you can see an emperor wearing nothing but fake antlers and a red nose.

“Come kids, come get your gifts!” Claude gleefully yells, handing out food and toys to the villagers. “Courtesy of the most handsome leader of Leicester, your honorable King, and the Emperor of Adestria, here in all her naked glory.”

“Err, quite." Dimitri said. "Please form an orderly queue so that we can ensure that everyone gets their fair share.”

Edelgard's face gets redder as she hears Claude's announcement. She is an emperor. She has to keep her dignity and act like an emperor, but how will she do this while looking like a naked reindeer? Not even Dorothea's plays could come up with something so ridiculous.

The people surround her, whispering, giggling, and laughing at her. Edelgard is miserable... But it's not so bad. Even if the adults still seem mistrustful, the kids seem happy at least. One thing is for certain, the people in the village will talk about this for a long time…

“Ok, one village down. Let's go to the next one…” Dimitri said as he yanked the reins and **** Edelgard to drag the sled towards the next town.

And so, the trio continued distributing aid to the war-torn land of Faerghus. A grueling affair for Edelgard. However, at the end of it, the people in the Kingdom began to lose some of their resentment towards the Empire, or at least, they had a harder time taking them seriously.

What started as a prank became a real festival in the Kingdom the following year. A celebration of the peace treaty… although, most villages were kind enough to let their reindeer have something on during the rehearsal. At least a fur pelt. The peace held, and Fodlan enjoyed an era of tranquility and prosperity.