Her "chosen partner" steps up and, well...they aren't meeting as strangers but they may not part as friends.

"Yes." Edelgard says appraisingly. Her expression is more wary than it is hostile. She notes the visible pointed ears, and then nods at her. "It will be. You're looking well, Flayn."

Edelgard hadn't known who she was agreeing to partner with, only that it was a young-looking girl who might need some protection. Wrong on both counts, there.