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Requesting an alternate universe scenario where Edelgard’s ambitions and schemes are uncovered by the Church of Seiros long before her plans can take root. Seized by the knights, she is brought in chains before Rhea, who decrees that the Flame Emperor’s rebellion will be quenched not by death, but by ‘rehabilitation.’ Stripped of her imperial regalia and pride, Edelgard is forced into the ceremonial white robes of a penitent, the crimson and black of her power replaced with the Church’s stark, pure colors. The process is not merely symbolic—Rhea employs divine relics, ritual bindings, and hypnotic chants to break down Edelgard’s will, rewriting her convictions until loyalty to the Church feels as natural as breathing. At times she kneels in prayer, eyes glazed with the faint green glow of the Crest-marking magic now etched into her skin. In her final stages of ‘reformation,’ she is publicly displayed in stocks before the congregation, a silent example of the Church’s mercy—and power—her once-defiant gaze now dulled, awaiting the next command from her new mistress.