#firecrestedprofessor

[hand-of-vengeance]

Deus Obscurum

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It had been a hell of a run for Desiderius Erasmus, pun mostly intended. One downward spiral led to another, and that led to yet another, but he was anything if not stubborn and resourceful. The Church may have crippled him, but they also underestimated him.

Which was why he was here in a library-- a small place with a shockingly vast array of specialized books: occult books, tomes, esoteric teachings, bullshit to most humans. Useful to him, depending.

But there was a quickly growing pile of that bullshit on the floor next to him while the suited demon thumbed through pages, looking for anything useful: locations, legends... traces of the artifacts he needed.

He didn’t hear the door open, consumed in his work as he was. 

[heirofgautier]

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“Didn’t I tell you?” He’d just gotten his cavalier exam back from Byleth, and he’d passed with flying colors.

[yuri-bird]

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Things still hadn’t died down, but after a few days, he had to find out what had happened.  Very few people were still there, but Seteth and Flayn had been hiding among the rubble.  Seteth had told him that Byleth had gone over the cliff during the fight.

And he hadn’t had to say anymore.  Yuri was both sad and mad.  He knew a lot more people had died since this stupid thing started, but this was what hit him the hardest.

After another day, he finally got up the nerve to tell the others that they needed to go out and find her.  He knew she had probably fallen down among the golems, and he was just hoping that they’d leave them alone long enough to recover her.

He wasn’t even the gloomiest there as they trudge through the golems, which seem to have been deactivated with the chalice missing.  Constance had her usual sunlight attitude, but he hadn’t felt himself since hearing the news.

Constance was the one to spot Byleth, though.

“Pardon me.  I believe we may have found her...”

[vthesun]

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He’d only been at Garreg Mach a few days, and so far, it had all been spent sitting in his room, with the occasional visit from healers who tried to convince him to let them take a look at his eyes.

When he finally left to get his own dinner, he found himself facing the ‘famous’ professor Seteth had mentioned.  She was sitting by herself at one of the shorter tables in the dining hall, and with his plate in hand, he hesitantly approached her.

“...would you mind if I sat down?  It’s quite busy in here...” And it was probably the lesser of two evils.

[rosewithpride]

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“Oh professor!” Dorothea waved a hand, trying to get Byleth’s attention as soon as she saw her.  “Do you have a moment?”

[crestblooded]

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“...I’m fairly certain this is the third time I’ve seen you in here for lunch today, professor.” For once, Seteth had been roaming the grounds instead of staying hauled up in the cathedral, and he couldn’t help but notice the new teacher.

[axeofthebrave]

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“Oh, professor!  Would you like to have tea?” She’s carrying her giant axe with her, and not a single person is questioning why.

[heirofgautier]

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“...hey professor, any reason you’ve been spending so much time with that knight lately?” Every time he turned he saw her handing him a present or eating with him.