[ little does byleth know that she’s speaking to a child whose favourite book is a philosophy text. it’s not obvious sometimes with how many things she never had the opportunity to learn and she does have a few huge blind spots regarding how such philosophical ideas apply to her specifically, but she would be comfortable with that language. ]

I don’t — [ i don’t want to trouble anyone? i don’t understand? i don’t deserve it? she’s not actually sure how to end that sentence. byleth’s uncertainty over how to phrase her relationship passes by without leslie’s notice. she expects personal and professional life must get mixed up a lot in such cases.

as for the question, she nods a bit hesitantly. sort of yes. ]

I go to some of the Coven’s classes on the magic of this world. I don’t have any official tutors, but sometimes people I know help to explain things I don’t understand to me.

[ outside of help with this world’s magic, edelgard sometimes teaches her things when they meet in the evenings and there are people like fugo who use questions leslie asks as a jumping off point to teach her about things like astronomy or the like, but formally, it’s just the magic classes. ]