He stares at the book he found earlier which has a black cover with a blue outline that symbolizes a crest but...he doesn't know what crest it is and he has no plan on telling the Church of Serios as he sneakily puts everything back to normal before walking out of Marianne's dorm room and heads back to his dorm room to read the rest of the book on his desk in hopes of finding answers

"Marianne...what are you hiding? Is this what got you killed...or did you made that leap of a glass heart," muttered Claude as he locked his door, light a candle and sat to start reading the book

It started as a normal journal on her times during her time at the academy with how she made friends with Hilda and Ashe. Especially Ashe who teaching her to smile and open up to other people. She wrote about how she felt free with Ashe and that she doesn't have to worry about her 'cursed crest'. 

Claude frowned at the word 'cursed crest' as earlier Marianne and Claude talked about curses and how even though if your parents were cursed, it doesn't mean that you the child is cursed alongside them.

"...maybe I should have taken the topic about curses more seriously...well it too late anyways nothing can change the past now," Claude frowned as he continues to read the book which has more questions that are starting to pill up but right now he needs answers 

He continues to flip through page after page until he heard some footsteps, not just one, but many about a small group around 3-4. 

Claude put a bookmark onto the book before hiding it under his bed and lean his ear onto the door. 

"So where is that girl room?" Voice one asked. Voice one appears to be rough and that it from a man around his 30s.

"Yes, this is the right dorm room...Marianne Von Edmund! Open the door!" shouted Voice two which sounds like a Church soldier

"It's unbelievable to think that such a monster exists within Garreg Mach, I refuse to believe it until I see it within my own eyes," said Voice three. Voice three is Seteteh as he appears to be frowning within his face 

"It looks like they haven't found Marianne's body yet...but it only a matter of time...Marianne...I wish you were still here...I would have defended you against such accusations...yet you decide to take your own life,"  muttered Claude as right now he the only one who truly knows the fate Marianne and where her body is. But he knew that telling the truth about Marianne's death is going to raise a lot of questions and he knew that it going to cause more pain especially Hilda who is a very close friend to Marianne

He places his right hand onto his face as he sat down on his bed. 

"...I will need to speak the truth to others soon or later...I already told Edelgard...who should I tell next?" Claude asked he looked down as he heard shouting as he hears a door being opened alongside more shouting. He didn't care at all as he already knew the fate of Marianne. She would either be reported missing, dead or worse...a monster and all Claude could do....is just watch and do nothing as exposing everything would put more lives in danger. Especially himself and his friends...even Edelgard and Dimitri would be in danger as they might find out the plot against them

"Forgive Marianne, I wish I could have saved you earlier...maybe I am not worthy of becoming a leader after all," Claude sighed as he stared at the roof of his room

A couple of hours passed as he soon heard no more footsteps, he when back onto his desk and started to read the book once more as his candle is starting to run out

He when back where he was and started to read the book again he noticed something is wrong. He can see pieces of paper torn apart as if someone has already ripped the rest of the pages out. 

"Hm? What the? Huh...it looks someone has already beaten me to it...ahh! Dam it! I was so close!" Claude frowned as he tosses the book onto the bed 

"So was Marianne death was the result of grief or is there something more to this then I thought. This book only gave me more questions instead of answers...Marianne, what were you hiding?" Claude stood up, opened the door and looked around where he carefully sneaks back to Marianne room

"Dam...it appears to be completely trashed, it like they were looking for something and didn't even bother to clean it up," Claude frowns as he stares at the cloths dumped onto the floor, blanket all messed up, papers everywhere and bedsheets strips away "Hmm...is the Church hiding something? Questions and more questions...well I better keep the book safe as it is my only clue on Marianne." muttered Claude as he when back to his room and sent a lot of time making an undercover on the bottom of his bed where he stores the book carefully and safely

"There...that should keep the book safe for a while...hopefully...anyways I better get going now otherwise they might miss me too much," said Claude as he smiles a bit

Claude grabbed a raincoat and when out of his room. He took one long look at his room one last time before locking it and closing it for good with his key started to head his way towards the dining hall

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"Yuri...Yuri! Are you alright?" Balthus asked as he shakes Yuri who quickly opened his eyes 

"Gah! Yea...what the hell happened?" Yuri asked as he stood up and started to look around "Well...it looks, we trapped here...that just great," Yuri looked around the room where they are trapped. The room has only one steel door, a stone wall and flooring but it seems to be well kept

"Yea, it looks like we got our ass kicked," Balthus frowned as he looks at Constance 

"What is the meaning of this! Let us go!" shouted Constance as she banged onto the steel door  

"There no point Coco, just save your energy," said Hapi as she just sat down and lean onto the stonewall 

"Hapi, Constance why aren't you casting your spells? You could jus..." Hapi raised her hand towards Yuri cutting him off

"Don't you think we already tried that?" Hapi asked as she raises her hand

Yuri frowned "Huh...same as last time, well it looks like this room has completely covered all of our opinions...wait a min...why did he keep us alive?" Yuri questioned as he looked around the stone room 

"Hm? What do you mean Yuri?" Balthus asked as Constance stopped banging the door and moved closer towards Yuri, Hapi simply leaned closer to Yuri 

"Think about, if we truly got our ass kicked by that...Chaos...person...why didn't he/she kill us? Instead, he/she decided to capture us but for what?" Yuri asked as he leans against the stonewall 

Soon the bottom of the steel door opened as a tray of food enters the room. The tray itself is filled with four pieces of bread, two bananas, two apples, a small jar of water and a small note simply saying 'eat' and on the back is 'put the tray back near the door'

Constance examines the tray and the note "Well, it looks like that answered your question Yuri...am I going to suck here for the rest of my life?" Constance as she starts to panic a bit 

"Nothing but fruits, pieces of bread and a small jar...well it better what we got underground," said Balthus as he picks up a piece of bread and a banana 

"Here Coco, you need to eat," said Hapi as she picks two pieces of bread an apple and a banana. She gave a piece of bread and an apple to Constance

"Thanks, sorry for my...rude manners it just that I am not used to being locked up in a tiny room," said Constance as she frowns at the steel door 

"When will you ever be? Anyways, we should be thankful for the food...at least it taste better then what we go in the Abyss that I can say for sure," said Yuri as he took a bite out of the piece of bread "Well, all we can do is just wait...at least until we can find a way out of here,"