"How very strange. The professor didn't pause for a moment when it was time to fight Edelgard in the Throne of Knowledge, and it was only through Hubert's intervention that she escaped with her life. If Dimitri had managed to kill her... the conflict might have ended then and there." She shook her head sadly. "Soon enough, the Empire marched on Garreg Mach, and they had no choice but to surrender. Supposedly, the Archbishop was captured, though Dimitri escaped. As for me-"

Manuela's head hung slightly in shame. "I was not asked to help defend the monastery. Though I suspect it was not only because my class was the bad seed; Hanneman was not either. After the fall of Garreg Mach, I was planning to make my way back to Enbarr, to check on the opera company-but I found myself here after a night of sleep."