#Shez X Monica

[grandsonoflightike]

SS3 - Rise Of True Unified Fodlan Chapter 01: Arval asks Shez To Tell His Love of His Existence and the meeting between them

Couples: Shez X Monica, Byleth X Edelgard, Dimitri X Ingrid, Claude X Hilda, Scileth X Jeritza, Bileth X Sothis, Timmy X Annette, Ferdinand X Dorothea, Dedue X Mercedes, Marianne X Linhardt, Lysithea X Felix, Bernadetta X Caspar, Leonie X Lorenz, Petra X Ashe, Balthus X Hapi, Yuri X Constance, Catherine X Sharmir, And Ignatz X Flayn

The Path of Scarlet Blaze is about to change as, In the past encounters, there are 4 Byleths and Monica Saved Ingrid And Rodrigue secretly because she felt it was necessary.  Now Arval suggests to Shez to tell The One he loves that he wants to meet them.  This is right before The Battle for Ailell aka The Valley Of Torment.

(Background Song Is Let It Burn By Red.)

Arval says “You really love someone, don't you? So much you gave the merc whistle right after you mentioned it to Edelgard. That merc whistle signified your true feelings.  Tell her about me and schedule a meeting between me and them.”

An unknown voice says “That's right, my creation. Let me brag to the person who could have prevented it all.”

Shez goes and talk to his love who is Monica and she believes and will keep it a secret.  Then she says she will meet him tonight.  That night, Monica heads to the meeting spot and the being behind the mysterious voice appears.

“Are you Arval?” Monica says.

The Mysterious Being says “No, Arval is my creation that I used Shadow Shez's Family to pass Down my consciousness.  I am Epimenides.  I will kill the vessel of Sothis AKA Bileth.  As long as Shez Exists, He will be connected to her as I will always exist. Only if you had returned his love before Ingrid had died, then there would be a True Unified Fodlan.”

Monica realized that Epimenides didn’t know she saved both Ingrid and Rodrigue secretly.

Epimenides says “After The Next Battle, I will use Shez's Connection to Arval To Attack Bileth.  To think the very reason she is called The Ashen Demon is Because Rhea has been experimenting on humans With a special crest she created called The Crest Of Flames. The Mother of Byleth and Bileth as Well as Jeralt's Wife was the previous experiment and her daughter got her non-Working from her without the Crest Of Flames Sigil connected to but the mother begged Rhea transfer the sigil to the daughter, which killed her. This makes Jeralt quit the knights, take his kids, and create Jeralt's Mercenaries.  It is only because Shez's Former Group battled Jeralt's Mercenaries that I am even here with Shez and You were saved.  That is why only your love before Ingrid's Death can cleanse Shez of being corrupted again even if I am defeated in Zahras and the way to destroy Fodlan's True Master AKA Nemesis who was killed twice to be honest.  The Agathans were a technological advanced society until the dragons led by Sothis wiped them out and Their leader was the original Nemesis.  The Nemesis from legend stole the bones of the dragons who died in that war including Sothis for The Agathans and they made the heroes.  Rhea is Seiros, Seteth Is Cichol, and Flayn is Cethleann.  Cichol and Cethleann know nothing of the experiments Seiros is doing.  See ya when I resurface after my defeat in Zahr- Huh?” Epimenides is Surprised.

The Reason behind Epimenides's Surprise is Monica is smirking.

Epimenides asks “Why are you smirking, Love Of My Consciousness Holder?”

Monica says “It is just you think You succeeded In Surviving When Ingrid And Rodrigue Are Alive.  I secretly Saved Them thinking I Surprise my fellow Black Eagles and I had A feeling I should.  Now I know why I had that feeling.  You are the reason.  I plan on revealing everything you told me to the people at the Battle Of The Valley Of Torment.”

Epimenides shouts “No, I won't let you!” He Charges up a spell but suddenly freezes.  He says “Arval what are you doing?”

Arval says “Saving one of my new masters if the Lover of my destined partner is told about me, the lover aka Monica Von Ochs.”

“So you are Arval? You consider me your master?” Monica says.

“Yes, Bring Shez to the middle of the battlefield with you and I will help you reveal it all.” Arval says.

TBC…

[azelfandquilava]

Someone had a little too much to drink at the after-party (for once it wasn't Manuela).

[alexissara]

Tea, Love And Celebrations - Edelgard Rare Pair Week Day 6

Alright it's #EdelgardRarepair day 6. I present you post-war Edelgard X Byleth, Shez, Monica, Hubert [trans], Hilda, Leonie, Manuela, Petra, Lysithea, Mercedes, Constance, Hapi, Ladislava, Ingrid, and Berni. Edelgard has a gay old party.

This one is over double the length of my last biggest one for the week. Doing this as a challenge for the week and trying to write these as little quick fics has been a lot of fun and a great way to have some fun creative juices going as I work on bigger projects like the Thirsty Sword Lesbians expansion.

[frickingnerd]

Three Hopes Masterlist

Shez

can't feel your touch anymore - oneshot

travel companions - drabble

dating shez - headcanons

love triangle with byleth & shez - headcanons

Arval

arval realizing their feelings for you - headcanons

Holst Sigiswald Goneril

dating holst goneril - headcanons

Monica von Ochs

yandere monica von ochs - headcanons

Rodrigue Achille Fraldarius

blind date with rodrigue - headcanons

Jeralt Eisner

jeralt realizing his feelings for you - headcanons

[missciato]

Femslash Exchange 2024

I wrote five fics for the FE3H Femslash Exchange, all with different ships!

My first fic was for @cynical-gamer-media, a story about Shez's disappointment that Edelgard doesn't trust her after Chapter 9 of Three Hopes. I was honored to write for one of my long time friends!

The second one was a treat for chorbits on AO3, a fluffy Edelgard x Bernadetta fic about them living their lives out post-game! It got me thinking pretty hard about mechanic/househusband Edelgard.

The third was a treat for spacelizbian on AO3, set many years after the game's end, which features all the Black Eagles. Also, everyone's trans.

To continue the Edelgard sauce, I wrote Edelgard x Hapi x Lysithea for @darkholyelf (although I admit I was also inspired by @cynical-gamer-media saying she was really interested in the ship). First time writing Hapi POV was super fun!

Lastly, I wrote some ultra-rarepair Monica x Bernadetta as a little treat for CmdrKing on AO3 featuring Monica and Bernadetta figuring out that they are gay for each other. And Monica pulls out the gayest pickup line ever.

Overall, it was a blast to participate in this event honoring my favorite women. ❤️💜🩷🧡🤎

[teecupangel]

*raises hand* I'm very interested in any FE x AC crossover ideas you have

I've personally had a couple of thoughts about dropping Desmond into fates because I think him playing off of Saizo would be funny

From @a-faint-hope

Thanks and I would be interested in your FE x AC crossover ideas.

First of all, here’s an AC AU idea based on the Engage rings system.

Okay, I have 2 sorta kinda vague ideas:

One is an actual crossover set in Fodlan, specifically during Three Hopes. This one came to me when I was playing the demo for Three Hopes. So a bit of a ‘sidenote’, Three Hopes started its marketing during the time I’m super into AC (still am, still here) so whenever I would talk about Shez to my FE friends, I keep typing Shay instead. It got so bad that I honestly couldn’t remember Shez’s name for a while and I just kept typing it as Shay.

So…

How about a Three Hope scenario where Shay Cormac wakes up in the middle of nowhere and a person that calls themselves Arval can talk to them ‘telepathically’, telling him that they were connected by something that Arval themselves do not know what. Only that they woke up because they felt Shay. Shay looks around and… it was a battlefield.

He had woken up in a battlefield.

Left with no idea of what was happening and where he was, Shay travels to find more information, forming a sort of alliance with Arval as both of them need information to know why Shay is here in this strange land and why Arval has woken up inside Shay.

During their travels, Shay helps out three students who were running from bandits and is taken in by the Church of Seiros where he becomes an instructor. Shay knows that the woman called Lady Rhea is trying to keep him in check and close to find out who he truly is and where he came from.

For now, they give him the position of being one of the instructors and he gets to choose which ‘house’ he’d be the professor of.

Thinking of it for a while, Shay decides to pick Black Eagle because…

The young heir to the Adestrian Empire, Edelgard, reminded him so much of Haytham Kenway.

Shay’s appearance changes a lot of things, mainly because of his Eagle Vision. He realizes where the bandits hideout is and Edelgard’s ‘suggestions’ led them to the right direction (with Shay suspecting that Edelgard knows more than she’s letting on) and they manage to save Monica before the ritual, whatever that is.

Because of Monica’s survival and Edelgard taking in Shay’s inclusion to her plans, the whole thing goes very similar to Three Hopes’ prologue and Edelgard requests that Shay becomes one of her ‘vassals’ and help her rid Fodlan of its corruption and give way to real peace, not this fake peace that the three nations were pretending they had under the iron grip of the Church.

Shay, not having any other options and also thinking of the Black Eagle (especially Edelgard who always seemed lonely in Shay’s eyes) as his responsibility and having become close to them, agrees and becomes part of the Adrestian Empire’s army.

During the war phase, they learned that Jeralt’s Mercenary, the most powerful mercenary group in all of Fodlan, had been hired by the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus who, at the moment, is keeping Archbishop Rhea and her closest ‘confidants’ safe and giving them sanctuary. Apparently, the one who suggested that King Dimitri buy Jeralt’s Mercenary group was no one other than the Ashen Demon themselves, Byleth. But… that sounds more like a rumor at the moment.

As if that wasn’t enough, Shay realized that a certain group from House Riegan… wore white, had access to actual Hidden Blades (forged in materials found in this world) and… they call their leader ‘mentor’.

That’s as far as I got.

The main idea is:

Shay stays with Edelgard because Edelgard reminded him of Haytham Kenway and he thinks of the Black Eagle students as like siblings/children he couldn’t help but care for. He’s especially fond of Petra who may or may not have been getting one-on-one lessons from Shay to be more… Assassin-y.

Byleth may or may not have memories of the events of both Three Hopes and Three Houses. By the time Shay first sees them, they already have light green hair. (Byleth’s gender in this one is also a “???” as I usually write female!Byleth but, for this one, who knows?). Of course, I won’t deny that Byleth coming to Faerghus is absolutely because of Dimileth XD

The Almyra section has actually been done by the time the war phase starts as a man known as the ‘mentor’ had recruited people in Almyra (both local Almyrans, immigrants and even foreigners) and created a Brotherhood. Almyra is stable at the moment politically and the king of Almyra had requested that the mentor lend a hand on Leicester Alliance as part of their ‘tentative’ alliance with the Roundtable of Leicester Alliance. The mentor takes no orders from the Alliance but he and Claude are ‘friendly’ enough that he will listen to Claude’s plans but he’ll do whatever he wants in the end. No one know where the mentor came from although Claude is friendly enough to call him by his name… ‘Desmond’.

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My other AC x FE idea is actually… uuuhh… AC characters set in an FE type of scenario?

The plot’s very barebone and might sound familiar:

Desmond wakes up in a place he doesn’t recognize and people he knew starts popping up but… they’re the same people he knew. They have the same name and looks the same and have similar personalities, only… ‘tweaked’ to the setting where magic is real and there are dragons (“They’re called wyverns”, yeah okay) and apparently Desmond was found in an underground temple where the ‘hope of the world’ is meant to be.

Because this world is currently in war with an unknown force that destroys everything in its path with an army of unknown origins and the nations of the world are trying to find a solution to this problem. The enemy army itself seemed to be made up of statues with glowing white light.

Desmond and his group are attacked and he realized that the statues all have the glow of a POE… and their armor and weaponry… looked very similar for some reason.

They are saved by the prince of the nearest country and… things spiral from there.

So…

Main idea:

Desmond gets to be the Avatar of this scenario. He starts of with the class that has a proficiency with swords (A), dagger (A), and bow (A).

Rebecca is one of the two people who finds Desmond. She’d probably be either a tank type or a monk type.

Shaun is obviously the other one and he’d be a tome type (if Rebecca is a tank, he would also have access to staves).

Now, for the other nations and their ‘playable characters’:

Altaïr would be the Lord of his nation although he’s technically just a prince when he meets (rescue?) Desmond. He has proficiency in Daggers (A), Sword (S) and Tomes (S) and his Lord class would be a Flying Unit (I’m thinking an actual Eagle because Griffin Knights are mostly known as non-magical units).

Malik and Kadar would be his vassals and they share the same class but with different proficiency (with Kadar having Staves while Malik has Tomes) aka: they’re the Abel and Cain archetype of this idea.

Kadar would be the first actual dedicated healer that the party would get if Shaun doesn’t have Staff proficiency.

(If they get promoted, they’d get flying classes which will become the Pegasus Sisters archetype with Altaïr XD)

Ezio would be the next Lord that they’d encounter although he’s just the second son of one of the nobles in their kingdom. He has proficiency in Bow (A), Lance (S) and Staves (S) and his Lord class will be a Ground Unit (look, there’s too many sword proficiency going around. We need to have the Weapon Triangle here XD)

Claudia would be one of his vassals. Not sure what her proficiency would be but one of them has to be Dagger.

Not sure on who his other vassal would be. Machiavelli being a magic type would be a good choice. La Volpe or Yusuf being Thief type classes would be good too. An absolutely left field would be Lo Sparviero taking the Aptitude trait (kinda like Donnel/Mozu/Jean).

Ratonhnhaké:ton would be the third Lord that Desmond recruits and he’s the clan mother’s grandson. He has proficiency in Bow (S), Axe (S) and Dagger (A) and his Lord class will be a Cavalry Unit (Either a wolf or a bear).

Aveline would be one of his vassals and she would have three possible classes to change into.

Kanen'tó:kon would be his other vassal and he’d be a tank unit.

Other than them… uuuhhh… possible other characters:

Haytham Kenway with Shay Cormac and Charles Lee (otherwise, they’d be reoccurring enemy units)

Edward Kenway with Adéwalé and Edward Thatch (Mary Read, Anne Bonny and Calico Jack are also with him though). They’ll be encountered on a ship stage, of course.

Arno Dorian with Pierre and Leon. If we don’t give Ezio Lo Sparviero as his vassal, Leon will have the Aptitude trait and be our Donnel/Mozu/Jean. Pierre might betray the party, maybe?

Henry Green with the Frye Twins. Jacob is a melee unit while Evie is a magic unit.

Aya with Bayek and Apollodorus under the command of their ruler Cleopatra. They’d be encountered as enemies first because of an order from Cleopatra. Bayek has the hero class (sword and shield), Aya is on the thief class line and Apollodorus would either be a tank or a lance type class.

Kassandra would be all on her own for some reason. She seems to have more idea than she lets on. If left up to me, I’ll make her miserable and turn her into a Tiki archetype XD

Eivor with Hytham and Randvi. They’re all looking for Basim and Sigurd (the ruler of their nation) who went missing some time ago. Eivor and Randvi would be the Axe-Bros archetype. XD

I was thinking of who the Jagen would be and all I can think of is Bill. He’ll be the overpowered promoted unit who would soon fall behind due to stat allocation and growth rates. To hammer it in, he will also be the “soon to be dead parental figure” Cornelius archetype as well. XD

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Dropping Desmond into Fates would be fun too. A Desmond in Hoshido versus Corrin in Nohr would be the ‘easy’ choice or… you know… Corrin finds Desmond sleeping in Valla after she chose the Revelations route? I like the idea of Desmond acting like Corrin and Azura’s big brother because, holy shit, they’re too young to be in this kind of fucked up situation! Honestly, I can just see Desmond casually talking to Saizo while Saizo’s in his entire serious glory XD

[fortunei]

titanomachia

Fandom: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Pairing: Edelgard von Hresvelg x Monica von Ochs

Word count: 810

Summary: If there was nothing left to be sacrificed, then Monica von Ochs would gladly pick herself.

Read more below or read on ao3 (click here)

The heat of battle sometimes made her forget that she was in a vulnerable position.

As a mage, it was a continuous spell-casting or she would be dead. It was an unwritten rule. You can run away but there is nowhere to hide. It is a sink  and  swim situation. In battles, no one got a luxury to even choose.

The war should always be like this. There must be something to sacrifice for a greater good. If there was nothing left to be sacrificed, then Monica von Ochs would gladly pick herself.

She has contended with the Gate Captain to the north as she was ordered. She proceeded further to the north, but she didn’t expect the enemy’s general to flank her. Worse: Monica was at a disadvantage. She ran far to the back, dodging the brawler’s attack aimed to her head, Bolganone was ready on the tip of her lips, ready to strike. Yet, from her blind spot, an arrow from the back archer reached her side, clipping her arm. Monica didn’t have any other choice but fall further back, running away from the enemy brawlers who started to swarm to her position.

If there was nothing left to be sacrificed, then Monica von Ochs would gladly pick herself. She was not a stranger to the face of death.

Monica survived a kidnapping before, nearly knocking the door to hell once, and the person she thought won’t be there saved her.

“Lady Edelgard,” Monica hissed through her teeth. Her eyes darted for an opening. The wound on her hand burns but her will to win burns brighter.

She flicked her hand to summon fire, letting it chase the incoming brawlers. Monica rolled to her left, parrying the arrows with a measly magic shield. It would take a bit for her to recharge for another Bolganone, but she would manage - no, she  must  manage.

There was a scream at the back of her head, then there lay a shield that blocked her way, effectively repelling the arrows and coming blows.

Red cape furling against the heat of the fight, along with a spark of silver as fire imbued its way to the body of the ax.

“L-Lady Edelgard!?”

Again, she was saved, by none other but the leader she has sworn to protect by her whole body and soul.

Heavens, why was she so weak?

A click of tongue, “I said, you shouldn’t push yourself too hard, Monica.” but then it quickly morphed to smile. “I take it your spell is ready? I can take the brawlers for you.”

Monica punched herself inwardly, it was not the time to be dumbstruck.

“Yes, my lady.” Monica got up on her two feet. The summoning circle bearing Crest of Macuil flashed from her fingertips, overlapping with Her Majesty’s Crest of Seiros.

“Attack!”

*

At the camp, Monica fully tuned out Hubert from moaning how she had put Edelgard in a precarious position. She had heard him once, already put her mind in full blaming and retrospective mode, but she just wanted Hubert to leave her alone for now.

The battle to take over the plains from bandits was a success. Now the remainder of the army who were not hurt or tired are making their rounds around the seized land. Resources have always been limited, so they must make do with whatever they could save.

Monica walked out from the infirmary tent, seeing the sun already setting outside. Her clipped arm was already healed and bandaged, but she didn’t want to keep on resting. She already thought of doing the ledger once Shez and her pack of mercenaries are back from field duty.

“Monica.”

Monica blinked once, thinking she might be imagining things, as Edelgard came to her aid alone. Her shield was in a tattered state, but it was nothing a blacksmith can’t fix.

“Your Majesty, did you need something from me?”

“Ah, no, well, I’m … just checking whether you’re okay or not.”

Monica let out a weak laugh. She withdrew her gaze away, thinking back to her faults. “Shouldn’t I be the one who does that? I mean, you were the one who protected me.”

“Nonsense,” Edelgard said lightly. “We all should protect each other's backs.”

“But Your Majesty, I’m-” Monica clenched her fists. It was when she realized how Edelgard’s expression softened, though her purple eyes indeed tinged with worry. Though, as perhaps they locked gazes and Edelgard was aware of her expression she was making, she slipped to a neutral mask.

“Sorry, I’ll try not to do that again and protect you better.”

Edelgard sighed, “But really, you shouldn’t push yourself too hard.”

“Oh, but I must! I won’t let Hubert take the main seat of your most useful vassals!”

Edelgard made a face, though she ended up relenting. “Now, shall we be back to the administration quarter?”

[girlfelix]

Anna, he/him, adult. FE sideblog 🔞 ONLY.

i head canon the fuck out of these characters. they're mine now.

games:

played: awakening, if, 3h, few3h, heroes

havent: gothw, radiant dawn, por, soc, tms

aus:

3h — monica x felix (x hilda x marianne)

me:

dierdre (she) married to sigurd.

monica (she)

hilda (she)

niles (he)

yuri (he/they) gay.

shez (she)

fave chars:

soren (he)

felix (she/he) butch trans lesbian.

hubert (he) autistic disaster bi.

lorenz (he)

corrin (he)

soleil (she) autistic lesbian.

sigurd (he)

takumi (he)

edelgard (he)

claude

dmitri

marianne

[grandsonoflightike]

Shadow Shez and Shadow Monica Supports

C Support (Happens Before The Chat With Shadow Monica in Part 9 Of Grey Three Houses/Hopes)

Shadow Shez: Shadow Monica? Why are you just standing there?

Shadow Monica: I was waiting for you. You were speaking with Her Shadow Majesty, yes?

Shadow Shez: Yep, just going over some strategy. Why, did you need me for something?

Shadow Monica: No, not exactly. So...what did Her Shadow Majesty say?

Shadow Shez: Well, she wanted to get my opinion on how best to utilize our mercenaries, since they all use different weapons. We're gonna be fighting some upcoming battles on terrain that'll make it harder to use lances, so we were trying to figure out how to deal with that.

Shadow Monica: And you didn't speak of anything else?

Shadow Shez: Well yeah, but it probably wouldn't interest you. Mercenary stuff, y'know.

Shadow Monica: That's not quite what I meant. There was cake for everyone, was there not? And I'm pretty certain there were fresh flowers throughout the room. Did you not see them?

Shadow Shez: Oh yeah, that cake was great. Did you want a piece? Flowers, though... Hmm. I think maybe there were some little white ones?

Shadow Monica: Urgh! I have no interest in your opinion. I want to know what Her Majesty thought of them.

Shadow Shez: Oh, I don't know. She probably said something nice, but I wasn't really paying attention.

Shadow Monica: You weren't... Never mind. I suppose I will have to ask her myself. I just want to know what Her Majesty genuinely thought.

Shadow Monica: You were summoned by Her Shadow Majesty and granted the honor of giving her counsel. Then, she graciously offered you cake... And you didn't even have the decency to watch her eat it? Honestly, what is wrong with you?

Shadow Shez: Sorry if I let you down somehow. I don't think I really get what the big deal is, though. Want me to go ask her right now?

Shadow Monica: No, please don't. If Her Majesty learns I was prying about such things... I do not want to bother her with these trivialities. Forget I said anything.

Shadow Shez: I see what's going on here. The cake and flowers were your doing, weren't they? That's why you were asking me about how Edelgard reacted.

Shadow Monica: Yes, OK! Just please, not another word of this.

Shadow Shez: All right, I get it. Well, not really, but...

Shadow Monica: I beg you, forget this ever happened! The situation is far more complicated than you realize!

B Support (Happens Before The Chat With Shadow Monica in Part 13 Of Grey Three Houses/Hopes)

Shadow Shez: You wanted to talk, Shadow Monica? This is an...interesting choice of location.

Shadow Monica: I hear you've been going above and beyond lately. That you perform miracles each time you set foot on the battlefield.

Shadow Shez: Why are you complimenting me all of a sudden? I mean, things have been going well, but…

Shadow Monica: Oh, I assure you I have no ulterior motive. You've helped me out a great deal too, after all. Even Her Shadow Majesty praises your "fine work." She talks about you so much, in fact, I'm more than a little sick of hearing your name.

Shadow Shez: Huh, she talks about me that much? Wait a sec... You aren't jealous, are you? Nah, that wouldn't make any sense.

Shadow Monica: Indeed it wouldn't. Why in the world would I be jealous of you? After all, you are merely Her Shadow Majesty's subordinate. Your relationship will never transcend the bounds of master and servant. It will never reach the depths of meaning that Her Shadow Majesty and I share.

Shadow Shez: So you are jealous.

Shadow Monica: In what way? I am merely telling you the truth as I see it. It never even crossed my mind how irritatingly close you and Her Shadow Majesty are! Not once!

Shadow Shez: Uh... Yeah, you basically just admitted it.

Shadow Monica: I certainly did not.

Shadow Shez: You did. You said you were jealous that Shadow Edelgard and I are so close?

Shadow Monica: The word "jealous" never traversed my lips!

Shadow Shez: You sure you're not, though?

Shadow Monica: Perhaps...a little.

Shadow Shez: That's what I thought.

Shadow Monica: But so what if I am? I have always been Her Shadow Majesty's most devoted admirer! Shadow Hubert is one thing, but you... You're just a run-of-the-mill mercenary! To think Her Shadow Majesty has uttered your name more times than she has mine! It makes me want to scream my lungs out!

Shadow Shez: Is it really that big a deal? Who cares, anyway?

Shadow Monica: I care! I keep track of everything she does! I can't help myself… I can't believe it has come to this. I have no other choice but to ask for your help?

Shadow Shez: Uh, what's come to what now?

Shadow Monica: I will just have to show you. Come on, let's go!

A Support (Happens After The Chat With Shadow Monica in Part 18 Of Grey Three Houses/Hopes)

Shadow Monica: Interesting... Her Shadow Majesty refrained from drinking tea today. A bit unusual, don't you think? I believe the last time that happened was fifteen days ago. Ergo, we can conclude she tends to renounce the beverage when—

Shadow Shez: Hey, remind me why I'm doing this again? What's the point of recording all this stuff? Why not just hang out with her?

Shadow Monica: It is not "stuff"! These are Her Shadow Majesty's great exploits. They must be accurately recorded and preserved within the annals of Shadow Imperial history.

Shadow Shez: Not sure I'd call her tea habits "great exploits." No one's ever gonna need that information. And how do you remember all this? I couldn't even tell you what I had for breakfast this morning.

Shadow Monica: Hehe! I remember everything Her Shadow Majesty does. Every word she has ever spoken to me. Every morsel she has ever eaten, not to mention where and when she ate it. Every sight that has escaped her lips. Each and every one of her favorite—

Shadow Shez: Yeah, let's stop there. This is all sorts of weird.

Shadow Monica: Why do you say that? These are simply records that need to be kept.

Shadow Shez: Just think about it for a minute. Have you ever read a book on Shadow Adrestian history that lists the number of times a Shadow Emperor sighed?

Shadow Monica: There has never been a Shadow Historian with a memory like mine, nor one who could keep such accurate records. Until now. The sole reason I have this excellent memory is to ensure that Her Shadow Majesty's great exploits are documented properly.

Shadow Shez: But if your memory's so good, then there's no reason for me to help, is there?

Shadow Monica: Oh, but there is. Her Shadow Majesty places a great deal of confidence in you. She often engages you in conversation, and the two of you spend an insufferable amount of time together. As such, you're able to obtain information I could not otherwise verify on my own. There is nobody more qualified than you to assist me in this undertaking.

Shadow Shez: All right, fine. I get that you're serious about all this. I don't mind lending a hand when I'm not busy. And there doesn't seem to be much harm in it... for Shadow Edelgard, anyway.

Shadow Monica: Spoken like a true confidant of Her Shadow Majesty. How dependable of you! It's no wonder she trusts you more and more each day. Even if it is maddening. And so, the time has come for me to grant you a very special privilege. I will permit you to devote yourself to Her Shadow Majesty, as a sign of your undying love.

Shez: I'm honored, I guess. Does that mean you're not jealous of me anymore?

Monica: I suppose not. We will be comrades, joined in our quest to bestow love and affection upon Her Shadow Majesty.

Shez: Well, all right then. I wouldn't get your hopes up, though. I'm not really sure how I'd show my love for her...or if I'd even want to. *Thinks* More like I want your love but it seems locked on Shadow Edelgard.

Shadow Monica: Hmph, very well. You clearly still fail to appreciate the full extent of Her Shadow Majesty's charm. However, I am confident you will come to your senses the more you assist me. I hope that one day you will ascend and become a true admirer of Her Shadow Majesty.

Shadow Shez: Uh... Yeah, you do that.

Shadow Merc’s Whistle (Happens after The Chat With Shadow Monica In Part 26 Of Grey Three House/Hopes)

Shadow Shez: Hey, by The way, I want to give you this Shadow Merc Whistle.

Shadow Monica: Your feelings come through loud and clear. Why don't you take this? *Gives A Portable Tea Set.*

Shadow Shez: I guess I really will have to explain.

Shadow Monica: Huh?

Shadow Shez: The Truth is A Mercenary's Merc Whistle is… It's a sign of love between Mercenaries as it is our way we propose to each other.

Shadow Monica: You mean?

Shadow Shez: Yes, I love you, Shadow Monica, with all my heart.  But I guess it isn't mutual as I bet you love Shadow Edelgard.

Shadow Monica: Wait.  I do love Shadow Edelgard but I know She Loves Shadow Byleth.  So I tried to find a new Love and I found it in you.

Shadow Shez: Then the feeling is Mutual?

Shadow Monica: Yes and I will help you after the war too.