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   Shield of Gold, Heart of Steel by Deerinspotlight

   Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Fire Emblem Series  

   • Explicit
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   30 Apr 2025

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Felix Hugo Fraldarius/Claude von Riegan
   • Felix Hugo Fraldarius & Sylvain Jose Gautier
   • Felix Hugo Fraldarius
   • Claude von Riegan
   • Golden Deer Students (Fire Emblem)
   • Sylvain Jose Gautier
   • Verdant Wind | Golden Deer Route (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
   • Slow Burn
   • Pre-Timeskip | Academy Phase (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
   • Post-Timeskip | War Phase (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
   • Banter
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Chapter 5: Tower of Black Winds (Fire Emblem)
   • Past one-sided Felix Hugo Fraldarius/Sylvain Jose Gautier
   • Animal death (not the dog)
   • Drugs

   Summary

   “What are you doing?” Claude asks, painstakingly pushing himself into a seated position to stare at him in disbelief.

   “I'm swearing fealty to you,” Felix says, placing the sword in front of him on the stone floor. The steel is no longer stained by blood, reflecting the glow of the oil lamp bathing the room in yellow light. "I was raised for the task of protecting royalty. There is nobody better suited for it than me. I vow to serve as your shield until your goal has been accomplished. Not because it's my duty or because it's what's expected of me, but because this is the purpose I'm choosing for myself."

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   English

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