Episode 5 - Life of Hubert

Warning: This Episode contains serious themes such as child abuse and murder. It also contains that of violence and decapitation. It also changes a bit of Hubert's backstory, like how his father was extremely loyal to House Hresvelg...with that meaning that of course Hubert's dad never took part in the insurrection of the seven. But despite him not being a traitor...I have to say that the version of Hubert's dad we get here is...oh god... Anyways lets begin

So the episode opens with a five year old edelgard crying because she scrapped her knee badly as Hubert runs to her

H: L-Lady Edelgard are you alright!? I'll get you home!

we then cut to Hubert thrown across the room and kicked in the stomach by his father

Father: I told you countless times to protect her with your life! if you weren't my son I'd have your head on a spike!

H: I-I'm sorry father!

F: Feeling sorry shows weakness!

H: I-I'm sorr-

the father stomps on Hubert's hip

F: If this happens again I'll kill you myself! never show concern! never feel bad about your actions! KEEP! HER! SAFE! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!

Hubert struggles to say yes while sobbing as his father continues to beat him

F: QUIT YOUR WHINING!

then we cut to 7 year old Edelgard drinking tea at the table as Hubert was just standing there.

E: would you like some tea Hubert?

H: there is no reason for me to be drinking any beverage right now...

E: nonsense, you used to drink with me all the-

H: just forget about me Lady Edelgard. Finish your drink....

E: is everything alright Hubert?

we cut to present day Hubert as he stands in front of his father's grave on a rainy day

H: she wasn't hurt today father...did I succeed?

H:...rest in peace father. Hope you can finally be proud of me.

Hubert puts some flowers on the grave as he slowly leaves as we get no opening but the title of the episode

"Life Of Hubert"

We cut to Byleth with Lindhart as Manuela takes a look at him (manuela is also a nurse at the school)

B: is he going to be alright?

M: Hopefully. his mind is completely blank right now. He just needs some therapy...a lot of therapy. you should probably leave us for now.

B: got it.

Byleth goes outside as she sees Leonie yelling at Hubert as Hubert just ignored her

Leonie: How would you feel if Edelgard was stuck like that!?

H: obviously I would care because I serve to protect her. Lindhart's life won't matter if he does not effect Edelgard's life as a whole.

L: You are such a heartless bastard!

B: Leonie! leave him for now.

L:...fine. But don't think I'm done with you yet!

Leonie leaves as Byleth goes near Hubert

H: Why are you here?

B: I demand an apology.

H: Why?

B: You disrespected another classmate. Therefore you should feel sorry for yourself.

H:....I will never apologize unless it's helpful to Lady Edelgard.

B: If you continue to act like this, it will anger the classmates which will harm the reputation of Edelgard's house.

H:...I'm sorry. now please leave me be

B: good. now you better learn to clean up your act by the time Lindhart has recovered.

H: no promises.

B: of course you'd say that.

Byleth leaves as Hubert simply stands there as we then cut to Ferdinand and Dorothea in the dining hall with Byleth

F: Thank you for the food professor. I didn't know you knew this was my favorite.

B: I guess I was lucky.

D: Do you think Hubert will ever act better towards us.

F: probably not. Knowing him he'll blame this on us.

B: I'm sure he has a reason for this.

F: Maybe he's nihilistic. that would explain his lack of care.

D: but he does care about poor Edie.

B: hmm. you guys grew up in the empire. know anything about his childhood?

Both dorothea and ferdinand: what childhood?

B: are you telling me he never had one?

F: well we do know that his family tree has always served the many emperors in the Adrestian Empire.

B: do you think Petra might know?

D: Brigid and the Empire were close but they probably wouldn't know much about Hubert's family

Byleth leaves the table ready to get answers as Ferdinand continues eating fancy like

F: You know this turned out to be a pretty decent day.

D: right. (whispers to herself) if you exclude present company of course.

so then we cut to Byleth as she knocks on Hubert's door but it didn't sound like he was there.

Lysithea: he left to the tea center.

B: how do you know?

L: I mentioned that the place serves coffee.

B: That worked?

L: have you met the guy?

B: sadly yes.

We cut to Byleth going to the tea center as Felix was drinking coffee with Hubert

H: I admire your choice in the coffee beans Felix.

F: What do you want?

H: this morning, I saw that you and Lady Edelgard were in a bit of a disagreement. and when she's not happy, I'm far from happy.

F: I don't care about what you think. we were just talking about who gets the training grounds for today.

H: well due to miss Byleth being in our house, Lady Rhea gives us more important missions so I suggest you let Lady Edelgard get as much strength as humanly possible.

F: Heh. It's funny that you think I'd let unworthy people touch the training grounds.

H: Watch what you say?

F: you may be strong, but your not quick. so don't. test me

B: am I interrupting something?

H:...no not at all. please sit with us.

F: go to hell Hubert. (gets up and leaves)

H: what questions would you like to ask?

B: I wanted to ask about when you were younger.

H: I served Lady Edelgard for almost my entire life. I think I started at five. at that time she was 3.

B: why do you act like this?

H: My wise father taught me to hide away weaknesses if I wanted to protect her. He'd bash me, throw me, cut me, burn me sometimes, slap me, spit on me, sometimes break a bone, push me, stomp on me, stab me, tie me, let me starve, and on a very rare occasion throw me in a well where rats can chew on me.

B:...............

H: any other questions.

B:...why are you sounding so calm about that.

H: what? it's normal for a parent to punish their misbehaving child. oh I almost forgot about pulling out my teeth.

B: no one deserves that.

H: what gives you the right to say what's right? My father would never want the family tradition to fall.

B: did you ever tell Edelgard?

H: well since she asked, of course I did.

B: what happened?

we cut to Young Edelgard covering Hubert's ears while in front of her father as we can tell by the screams and the orange light shining off of Edelgard, Hubert, and Edelgard's father... that Hubert's father was burned to death.

H:...Edelgard's father sentenced his execution

B:...did you have a mother?

H: she died after she bumped into Edelgard by mistake. My father told the emperor that she was eaten by wolves when really my father decapitated her and put her head on top of my dresser

B: why'd he put it there?

H: a reminder?

B: for what?

H: for if I fail.

B: why would a father like that be wise?

H: my father knew what to do in order to make me focus everything on Edelgard. and if I failed, I deserve to die

B: how do you not see your father as psychotic?

H: why would he be psychotic? he only wanted to not fail the family tradition

B: I will never agree to that statement!

H: I don't care what you think.

B: then how do you explain his reason for death!?

H:.....well......you see......I think you need to leave.

Byleth gets up angrily and leaves as Hubert shivers a bit but calms himself down as he gets up calmly and leaves as we pan the camera to transition to a younger Hubert laying in bed as his maid mother calmly sings a tune to him as she gently caresses his head before she gently kisses his head before opening the door

Mother: oh! you startled me.

Father: I apologize for that. it's just...I heard Lady Edelgard had a little bump with someone in the hallway.

M: W-Wait stop, s-she forgave me!

F: I'm afraid a child doesn't yet understand the concept of failure.

She begged to be let go as she was thrown in the room and the father then went in and grabbed her mouth tightly before pulling out a rusty dagger and starts cutting her throat as some of the blood went onto Hubert's face as the father then finished decapitating her.

F: (sigh) your not sleeping tonight until all the blood is cleaned off. don't worry, I'll help you clean it. actually...

he then grabs the head and places it on top of the dresser

F: that looks fitting.

H: w-w-why did you do that?

Hubert is then shocked as his Father kept a straight face while tears rained down his face

F: because.....well.......you see......

he then stabs Hubert in the leg and covers his mouth

F: that's for making me feel. just for that, you'll clean it yourself.

we then cut to young Hubert punching his father's grave as his knuckles were bleeding and he was screaming angrily before stopping and bawling

H: F-Forgive me father....I don't know what I was doing....

as that happened, Edelgard was watching in horror from a bush with us then cutting to day time as present day Hubert was sitting on a bench as Edelgard decided to sit next to him

H: how was your walk my Lady?

E: calm, refreshing.

H: that's nice to hear.

E: Byleth told me what you told her...did you really love your father?

H: no.

E: so why did you lie to her?

H: showing hatred is weakness. I would never lie to you.

E: Is it only because you serve me?

H: you and your father were like the family I used to have...

E: I have a command for you. If you do it, it'll make me happy, if you make me happy, I'll grow more confident.

H: what is it?

We cut to Byleth as she was eating a rice bowl with Lindhart as Byleth had to help him eat due to his slow movements. As this happened, Hubert came by the table and sat down as he raised a coin.

H: I want to play a game.

suddenly every student stops eating and looks at Hubert and Byleth.

B: you want to play heads or tails?

H: thank you for telling me what it's called. could you tell me the rules?

B: eh?

B: you just flip it and quickly cover the coin with your hand. then we both have to guess if it's heads or tails.

H: alright then. (flips coin and covers it) heads.

B: tails.

it was tails

H: alright. when is my execution?

everyone falls from that one question

B: uhh that's not how losing works

H: oh then I get branded?

B: no.

H: whipped.

B: no.

H: stretched?

B: nothing happens!

H:...I would like to play again.

Byleth flips the coin and covers it.

H: heads again.

it was heads.

B: congratulations. you win.

Hubert backs up a bit in shock as Byleth reaches for a handshake.

H: what are you doing.

B: an end of game handshake. to show appreciation.

H: (slowly accepts the handshake) You fought well.

B:...right

Byleth notices all the students were watching

B: Don't you all have assignments after Lunch!?

the students quickly run out the dining hall

B: (gently) come on Lindhart, we gotta get back to the house.

H: I'll help carry him. Edelgard told me he's useful when back up to speed.

we cut to Byleth walking back to the house as she smiles at the sight of Hubert sitting Lindhart down even if it was because Edelgard said so as we then cut over to Felix as he was walking over to the training grounds while carrying a small cute looking satchel with us then cutting over to Bernie who was in the training grounds and saw Felix coming her way.

B: (mumbles to herself) it's felix. quick bernie think. uhh just look away. (casually looks away)

F: hey.

B: AHHH PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!

F: what? I'm not gonna hurt you, I saw you drop this satchel so I wanted to return it to you.

B: U-uhh are you gonna strangle me with it!?

F: what! No!

B: P-PLEASE I'M SORRY JUST DON'T KILL ME!

F: WHAT!? (pulls out sword) WHO'S TRYING TO KILL YO-

B: EEK HE HAS A SWORD!

suddenly Bernadetta moves extremely quickly to where Felix couldn't see her as she disarms Felix and runs away.

F: Woah what the hell!? How did she-when did-....I wonder if she could teach me that. (smiles)

we then cut to Edelgard and hubert walking to the training grounds as Bernie runs past them

E: woah! what happened to her?

H: she might have discovered her shadow.

E: was...was that a joke?

H: no.

E: hmm. well anyways I heard you had quite the game with professor Byleth.

H: it was definitely interesting. I can't remember the last time I played a game.

E: well don't you remember when we played hide and seek together.

H: I didn't like that game. it distracted you. So father threw a rock at me

E: I'm sorry to hear that. was their anything good that came out of your childhood?

H: giving your father an ash tray was nice.

E: what about good moments you had with your father.

H: that was a good moment.

E: what do you-....oh....

H: I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable.

E: it's alright. though it's sad...your mother could be alone in the after life.

H: I'm sure other members of the family tree keep her company

H: as for my father...I'm sure there'll be a special circle in hell just for him...

we then fade to Young Hubert pointing at his father as the emperor ordered guards to tackle him

F: WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? I DID NOTHING WRONG! I ONLY WANTED TO SUCCEED! PLEASE MY LORD! EXECUTE MY SON! I'LL GET A BETTER WIFE! WE'LL GIVE BIRTH TO A BETTER CHILD! PLEASE!

The guards cuff him up as they drag him away

F: HUBERT! SAVE ME! YOUR MOTHER WOULDN'T WANT THIS! PLEASE MY BABY BOY! I LOVE YOU! SAVE ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU A HUG! I PROMISE! DADDY LOVES YOU! HUBERRRRRRRRRT!

Hubert was tempted but Edelgard hugged Hubert while tearing up so Hubert wasn't tempted anymore.

F: hubert...I'm so sorry...I should've freed you too...

we then cut to Hubert watching the flames die out as his father was nothing but ash as we then cut to Hubert as he was in his bed hugging the decomposed head of his mother as he bawled and screamed out in anguish before we get the credits while hearing the tune the mother used to sing