[Van? What even was a van? ...Caravan? Hubert accepts his glass with a nod, mentally shelving the van for a later time.]

I am advisor, retainer, and Minister of the Imperial Household to Emperor Edelgard. Simply put, an administrator, as the responsibility of all the palace's functions fall to me.

[...which also included matters like security, intelligence, and, you know, the dungeons, but even if these three would never see Fódlan, Hubert wasn't going to go flaunting what was supposed to be rumor.]

Children? [He leaves the question and the subtle tilt of his head vague to avoid the pitfall of assuming whose children those were.]