Osprey and Yang: Castle Lowell

Inside the Lowell Castle's halls, we see Chrom walking in the hallway with a casual attire on. Having spent many hours in a meeting with some of his nobles and advisors where they tend to get annoying at times due to being stuck in the old ways can make anyone lose their mind slowly, and Chrom was no exception. That said, thanks to many, many years of doing this as king, he have developed a skill to mentally tune out some of the noises.

"(I'll have to teach Lucina how to ward her own sort of councils off one day.)" He smile briefly before hearing some footsteps around the corner. Pausing in his to see who's coming, he soon sees the beautiful face of his wife and childhood friend, Cordelia Lowell(Formally Nikos) who smiles widely at him. "My love, there you are!"


"Sweetie, what's wrong?" He raise an eyebrow as she walk to him with her arms out and hug him. "Nothing, you know how much I love to be around you, Chrom.." Right, he forgot how clingy she can get around him. Not a day goes by where she don't hug him tight as if he would disappear one day. "Oh, that's fine with me then." Smiling as he rubs her back before she let go and link arms with him. "You seem to be in a good mood however, what brought that up?"

"It's the Meet of course! At the end of this month, hundreds of trainers will all fight for the glorious honor to being the reps for their respective ranks against Nohr!" She thrust a fist out and tighten it with a smirk as they walk..  "Doesn't it get your patriot spirit flaring, Chrom?" "Heh...it's rather nice to see our people getting excited about the meets." He grins at his wife's enthusiastic mood regarding the legendary event. "While we don't have the...rather passionate rivalry that Nohr shares with Hoshido.." Passionate was probably too weak of a word to even describe how those two nations feel about each other. "I know our people would not wanna lose to the Nohrians."

Entering the main hall with a bunch of portraits of former rulers of Ylisse including Chrom's retired father. the couple walk up the stairs and continue their discussion. "Naturally, which is why I believe that within the lower ranks of Rank D, our lovely niece Pyhrra will be the best candidate to represent Ylisse!"


"Pyrrha huh..." The King rubs his chin as he look up at the giant window that shows the nation of Ylisse before him. "You're that sure of our niece's chances of winning? From what I've seen, there's plenty of hard hitters in her rank that could pull the upset over her." Cordelia frowns and raise an eyebrow at him, not liking how he doubt their niece. "Such as? May I remind you that within her class, she was number one and so far have a flawless record on her?"

"Well, no one's perfect, Cordy.." He smiles at her nervously, aware of how harsh her glare can get even on him as he hold a hand up. "Well, uhhhh..." Luckily a savior have arrived from the west hall, or rather Saviors in their daughters Severa who is jogging towards them with a smirk as Lucina and Orion calmly walk behind her and stop at the stairs with her younger sister rushing up the stairs.

"Mom, Daddy! We have only about a couple of more weeks until the meet, I think we need to make sure that everything in the city is in order for the arenas to run smoothly as possible!"

Chrom mentally thanks the goddess for her interfering here with Severa's timely arrival as he break free of Cordelia's hold. "That sounds wonderful, how about you and your mother handle that together? You have a good eye for stuff like this."

"Wait, We're not do-" Cordelia barely get the words out before getting dragged away by her youngest daughter. "We're still gonna have that conversation, Chrom!"Watching her getting dragged off by their youngest daughter let Chrom forget about his other daughter who clears her throat to get his attention. "Father..." She speaks with a calm tone.  "May I talk to you about something?"
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Hearing her rather serious tone wasn't nothing new to Chrom, considering the kind of person Lucina is as he nods. "Sure thing, what's on your mind?" She walk up the stairs as Orion stay on the ground floor with her looking somewhat unsure before speaking with a confident voice. "I was recalling what you told me about the Branwen clan awhile back..." "Ah.." Chrom look away as he recall their last conversation involving that family's lineage.

"Yes, what about them?" Chrom raise an eyebrow as Lucina begin to speak. "Well, I understand that they used to be a vile tribe of bandits sworn under a flag that raided many villages back in the day, as well as killed countless of people under the leadership of Ayra Branwen." Chrom nods as he walk down the stairs with Lucina following him as she continues. "There's also the epic tale of how our ancestor Marth defeated her in a monster duel that had the sake of Archanea--Ylisse as it was known back then-- in the hands of the winner, and yet through a comeback laced with miracles, The Hero-King won and the Branwens pledge allegiance to him during the warring era."

"Begrudgingly." Chrom adds as they walk down the hallways, waving at each servant with a smile. "You forgot how Ayra didn't liked being 2nd to anyone at all and constantly questioned almost every choice Marth made in the army." Lucina nods with a wiry smile. "And yet, because of that Marth developed to a very wise and strong leader..having someone who pushed him to strive for better things." She look forward as she continues with a humorous tone  "Even if legends tell us that Ayra didn't like Marth at all, I doubt that and believe that she may had cared for him in her own way."


"Oh? You think so, huh?" Chrom stops as Lucina paces a bit before him and turn to him with a smile. "Correct, which is why I'm feeling confident in my next plan." Seeing her with a wide smile is a rare thing, which makes Chrom happy to see it. "And what's that?"

"I'm gonna befriend the Branwen Twins."

Even though he probably could had seen that coming, it was still a shock to hear her proclaim such a thing so casually outloud. Luckily, no servants was near them lest they would probably gossip about it...and then his wife will hear it and... "(That is one conversation I don't wanna deal with.)" "You sure about that?"

"Absolutely, father." She nods with an assured smile. "I believe that these two are filled with unlimited potential as trainers and even friends. Being around them will not only enrich my life, but perhaps the nation of Ylisse as a whole." She look at Orion who was silent and listening to her, already knowing her plan since she told him first. "Plus, they're capable trainers who can give Orion some decent challenge."
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"I see.." Her reasoning was both altruistic and pragmatic at the same time. A mix of both him and Cordelia in a way. "Well, Before you go with this plan of yours..tell me, who do you think will win the Elimination Cup and rep Ylisse in Rank D?"

Lucina rubs her chin as she come up with an answer.

"...Well, I imagine that cousin Pyrrha is joining, so the easy answer would be to say her....Buuuut." She holds a finger up. "If any of the twins are gonna enter, then I can say that one of them will win."

"Interesting choice..." He would had thought that she would had bet on Pyrrha, but for her to choose someone else, much less the twins... "You know, if I didn't know any better, I would say that you have a crush on one of them." _He gives her a teasing smile as Lucina shakes her head profusely. "N-No! I just know what their garus are capable of from a close-hand experience..."

She shudders a bit, knowing just how...deadly they can be from that cave. but she shakes her head and frowns. "But I believe that they are good monsters raised by good people.."

"...You're just like me." Chrom smiles as he place a hand on her shoulder. "Always willing to see the best in others. Well, if you wanna do this so badly, then go ahead." He take his hand off of her and give her a serious look. "Just...be careful, ok? At the end of the day, they are still Branwens and have different set of views on life than most people."

"I will, father" She hugs him as she soon let go and walk off to go get ready towards her room for the night. "(Time for 'Marth' to come back..)"