No, but knights has arrived

When Byleth and Edelgard arrived at the scene, they noticed that a group of knights had joined the frey.

"The knights of seiros!" Edelgard said in surprise. "How unfortunate that they didn't arrive earlier..."

Alois, the captain of the knights, seemed to have a buddy-buddy relationship with Jeralt and was talking to him merrily. He then sent a group away to arrest the bandit leader, which took him and put him in manacles.

"This man is known as Kostas, a bandit leader. He usually targets smaller groups, so I don't think he expected mercenaries to show up in the forest." Alois spoke. Kostas himself was still ****. "We will take him to Garreg Mach for the archbishops judgement. As for you two" he gestured to Jeralt and Byleth. "The archbishop has requested your presence."

"Huuh..." Jeralt sighed "This can't be a good thing... Well, it would be an unwise decision to disobey Rhea, so let us follow them for now."

With that, the knights, students and mercenaries all started walking, with Alois and Jeralt leading the group. Kostas was now awake and was dragged in chains at the end of the group.

The students used this time to get to know Byleth a bit more.

"Thanks for helping us, I know our little princess can be a little hotheaded sometimes." Winked the darkskinned man dressed in yellow clothes. "The name's Claude Von Riegan, I'm hoping that you'll grow accustomed to the life at the monastery."

"Oh, will you be quiet." Edelgard said "This girl is a mercenary who has been trained by Captain Jeralt himself. She undoubtedly has more experience than all of us combined so there's no doubt that she will fit in."

The blonde man spoke up, he had been quiet for a while but now he intercepted the conversation in a well spoken manner.

"Pleased to meet you, my name is Dimitri Alexandre Baliddyd. I'm sorry for intruding, but I have to know where your allegiance lie in this country?" He was humble but direct in his request. "There are many factions to be considered, even within the walls of the monastery, nobles and commoners alike, so I...."

Byleth could hear the man talk, but she didn't really grasp what he was talking about, because all of her concentration was directed at what was happening right behind her. She could feel the bandit leader Kostas oogling her as she walked, his eyes glued to her firm ass. She tried not to, but she threw constant glances back at him as they walked. He was in chains right now, and that made her remember what he had said. That he wanted to take her back to his camp and put a leash on her. Swallowing hard, Byleth made the effort to ignore Kostas at all cost.

"My allegiance?" Byleth said, returning to the conversation. She never really thought about it. She didn't even know that much about the life aside from her mercenary job.

• Adrestian Empire: Land of Ancient History
• Holy Kingdom of Faerghus: Land of Noble Knights
• Leicester Alliance: Burgeoning League of Nobles
• Kostas: I am Master Kostas ****
  

Byleth held her mouth quickly before she spoke. She was about to say something really unfit for a bunch of nobles to hear. Why did that choice even come up in her mind?

"A-adrestian Empire" Byleth answered with a little **** tone. Her choice seemed to improve Edelgards mood significantly.

Support level between Edelgard and Byleth went up

As they traveled to Garreg Mach, Byleth constantly felt his gaze on her, and that made her feel dirty. How could such a disgusting man make her do such a thing. When she thought about it, it was probably all a bad dream, there was no way that she let him do all that to her.

There was no trace of the mans actions on her body, so it might as well have been a bad dream. Still, she felt a tingle between her legs just imagining it.

Support level between Kostas and Byleth went up