Please allow me to do it, Bernadetta. Gathering fresh water benefits us all, and good deeds from those within the Empire shall serve as an olive branch to those that distrust us. If anyone asks, please take credit for it.

[Edelgard may have her pride, but there is also the pride of her people. Should they be praised for their efforts she'll feel as if she has done her job properly.]

When I return we shall dry by the hearth together. Maybe when the rain lets up you can help me refurbish the greenhouse. I have been working on it a little because we used to spend a little time together there.