[The momentary irritation is snuffed out as quickly as it flared to life - Sylvain's response is simply to ask, and Hubert can find no fault with that. It's only fair, given how little they actually know about one another.]

Lady Edelgard and I don't have that sort of relationship - I serve her because I believe in her dreams and ambitions, not because of my family's duty or any sort of romantic feelings toward her. It's something people have mistakenly believed about me since our time at the Academy.

[And many people probably still do believe that. But ultimately what this comes down to is "it's okay to believe Hubert likes Edelgard, but don't go assuming the same thing about her" because he's always going to be very touchy about how other people view Edelgard.]