“I am taking your feelings into consideration,” Edelgard says calmly, “but this marriage is more than just how you feel.”

The arranged marriage between the two of you was for her benefit—No, Adrestia's. With Fòdlan under her rule, she can reform the Crest system. That’s why she’s chosen to marry you; the nobles respect you, if you’re in favor of her changes, they’ll go willingly. She’s grown tired of wars, of bloodshed.

Edelgard wants this marriage more than she lets on.