Edelgard when inside her dorm after Professor Byleth's lectures which mostly focus on the White Heron Cup as she chooses a class respective for the White Heron Cup. She ended up choosing Dorothea as they started to practice right away. 

She finished writing a letter that has the Adrestian royal seal on it, afterward she pulled one of the drawers to unlock a secret compartment with her dagger, she stares at the mask of the flame emperor before putting it back and relocking the compartment. She put herself onto her bed and stares at the dagger for a while until a knock was heard from her door.

"Who is it?" Edelgard asked as she places the dagger onto the table.

"Lady Edelgard, may I come in?" the voice is clearly Huberts in which she sighs in relief as she opens the door to let Hubert in

"Of course Hubert, come in,"  Hubert obeyed and locked the door once he inside. 

"Statics report on the preparation for my...coronation and...our forces," Edelgard looked away from Hubert

"Things are going well, Lady Edelgard. The Imperial Royal Guards, the military and parts the nobility have sworn featly to you Lady Edelgard, all that is left is to crown you Emperor once the time is right," said Hubert with a smile on his face in which Edelgard just respond with a worried look on her face as she turns around to face Hubert "Lady Edelgard, has something gone wrong?" 

Edelgard when face to face with Hubert. "No, none of them Hubert, right now there has been a change of plans, I am going to ask the Professor if we can set a 'field trip' to Enbarr with the other houses or to more exact...the other house lords. Prince Dimitri and Claude Von Riegen will be coming with me to the Palace to see my coronation," Hubert face soon turned into worry and surprise.

"Lady Edelgard...you...told them?" Hubert asked

"Yes, Hubert, I have told them everything...they all have agreed to fight alongside the Empire, at least that what they say...right now I trust Claude Riegen more than Prince Dimitri. Claude shares the same ideology but different methods. Dimitri on the other hand...is a bit...hesitated once I revealed myself," said Edelgard with a worried expression on her face. 

"You revealed yourself as the Flame Emperor? Lady Edelgard, you gamble everything with the other two lords? What if they become our enemies and tell the Church of Serios...everything we worked so hard would be burned to ashes," Hubert moved closer to Edelgard as he appears to be losing his cool.

"Well, that is up to Prince Dimitri to decide if he with us...or against us but as you can see he already landed a blow against me," Edelgard points at the area where Dimitri punched her at the library. Hubert clenches his fist more tightly as Edelgard quickly notices it "Hubert, for this one time forgive him, I already knew what was going to happen if I revealed myself as the Flame Emperor,  That reminds me, I need you to deliver this letter to Prince Dimitri at once," Edelgard reveals a letter that the Adrestian Royal Seal on it and places it on Hubert right hand. 

Hubert frowned at the letter but took it within his hand"Very well Lady Edelgard, I will do as you command," said Hubert as he left Edelgard room. 

Edelgard sighs of relief as she picked the dagger once more and leans back onto her bed. 

"...Dimitri, Professor, Claude...my fate is within your hands," muttered Edelgard as she continues to stare the dagger.

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Dimitri was finished with his own Professor lectures as he is at the training ground with Dedue as Dimitri practicing his spear skill while Dedue is training with his Axe on a training dummy. 

Dimitri frowned as his training as he continued to thrust his spear with a long swing, short swing and doing a jab combo. With him doing a kick, then swing his spear and finally finishing the combo with a thrust. 

He was soon forward intercepted by a cough in which he turns around to see that Hubert was watching him. 

"Hubert? What are you doing here?" Dimitri asked as he places his spear back at the training racks while Dedue does the same. With both of them being very suspicious of Hubert's behaviour who seems to have a dirty eye at Dimitri. 

Hubert moved closer to Dimitri "A Letter from her Highness, be lucky that she gave you a second chance." said Hubert as he thrust the letter right into Dimitri's chest which caused him to wobble back a bit with Dedue catching him to prevent him from falling. Hubert just simply laughed at Dimitri before turning around to leave. 

Dedue face was turned to anger however, Dimitri just simply brush it off and stares at the letter which had the Adrestian Royal seal on it.  Dimitri's face turns into a frown as he faces Dedue. 

"Dedue, can you wait outside for a min?" Dimitri asked as Dedue just simply nods as he leaves the training ground. Afterwards, he carefully opens the letter and started reading its content. 

'Hello Prince of Fearghus,' Dimitri scuffed at it before continuing to read the content of the letter 'This letter is a purposely to warn you Prince Dimitri that Cornelia Arnim isn't the holy woman that saved the Kingdom from the great plague, she has already been murdered and replaced by TWSITD. She just a copy, If you what to save yourself some trouble then I suggest you order the Shield of Fearghus to prepare for your coronation and to murder the fake Cornelia before she causes any more trouble. He should be coming here to assist the upcoming ball. Just remember that my ultimate fate is resting onto your shoulders as I am placing a great amount of trust into you,' Dimitri just stared at the content for a moment until he decides to put back into the letter. 

He turns around to exit the training ground where Dedue was waiting outside. Dimitri walked straight towards Dedue.

"Dedue, I need you to do me a favour at once," said Dimitri as he waves the letter in his hand. 

"Yes, your Highness, what do you need me to do?" Dedue asked in a stern voice. 

"Get some tea inside my room and stand guard, Lord Rodrigue is visiting the Academy and I am going to use my room to talk about private matters," Dedue nods, bowed down respectfully and headed towards the mess hall. While Dimitri head to the front entrance of Garreg Mach. 

As expected Dimitri found Rodrigue alongside a bunch of Kingdom soldiers/servents near the entrance of the Monastery unloading glassware and new training weapons.

Dimitri tapped Rodrigue on his left shoulder with his right arm. "Rodrigue it is nice to see that you came here," said Dimitri as he started to pat him on the back. 

Rodrigue turned around to face Dimitri and started to hug him alongside pat him on the back. "Your Highness! It is nice to see again! As you can see right now I am assisting on the upcoming grand ball, this is my way of repaying you after dealing with Miklan ragtag of bandits," said Rodrigue as he turns around to face Dimitri and started to hug him alongside pat him on the back. 

They soon separated from each other as Dimitri's face turns into worry but he still kept his calm and straight face  "I can see that old friend but, right now we talk somewhere private...now," Dimitri places his right hand onto Rodrigue right shoulder 

Rodrigue was put off by that statement but continues to have a calm but at the same time confuse look on his face.

"Of course your Highness but first," turns to face a kingdom soldier "Make sure everything is unloaded while I am gone," said Rodrigue 

"Yes sir, we will continue everything as planned," said the Kingdom Soldier as he starts commanding the servents 

"Good," turns back around to face Dimitri "So where would you like to have our conversion? It seems very important your highness," Rodrigue crosses his arms together.

"Come, let talk inside my dorm room," said Dimitri as he turns around and started walking back to his dorm room. 

"Your dorm room? Are you sure about this your Highness?" Rodrigue asked as he grew concerned as he follows Dimitri

Dimitri's head turns towards Rodrigue but is still walking towards his dorm "Yes my old friend, I am for sure, I explain everything there," He turns his head back ahead as they both of them walked through the Monastery with a few whispers from the other students but arrived without any hassle at Dimitri dorm room where they spotted Dedue just exited out of his room. 

"Is everything prepare, Dedue?" Dimitri asked in a straight voice. 

"Yes your Highness, everything is prepared as you asked," said Dedue as he bowed respectfully at Dimitri and Rodrigue. Rodrigue has a confused look on his face.

Dimitri simply pats Dedue on his right shoulder. "Excellent work Dedue, now stand guard and make sure no one interrupts," 

"As you command your Highness," He bowed once more before standing right next to Dimitri dorm room like a stone. Dimitri nods before turning towards Rodrigue "Shall we?" Dimitri asked as he moves his left and right arm to the right towards his room. Rodrigue simply nods as he enters the room followed by Dimitri who quickly closed the door and locked it.

Inside was a table with a full tea set as both of them are already filled up. Both of them sat down and took a sip of tea. 

"Alright, Your Highness, I need some answers as my mind is struggling to wrap around this," said Rodrigue who still has the confused look on his face.

Dimitri simply nods "Very well, I tell you the truth and just the truth from here on out. Princess Edelgard has sent me this letter asking me to take up arms," said Dimitri as he waves the letter with the Adrestian Royal Seal on it. 

Rodrigue gasped as he stares the letter "The Adrestian Royal Seal...wait a min, what? The Adrestian Empire, Princess Edelgard has asked us to take up arms? May I ask why your highness?" Rodrigue is looking even more confused than before. 

Dimitri took a deep breath as he looks at Rodrigue right in the face and places his right hand onto his shoulder "It simply my friend, we are about to mix blue and red together alongside yellow against the white," 

Rodrigue just stares at him for a good moment until...he finally got everything together. Rodrigue's face turns into shock as he just stares at Dimitri

"...You don't mean...you are asking us to rebel against the Church of Serios!" Rodrigue shouted, "Are you out of mind your Highness!" 

Dimitri simply sighed and nods making Rodrigue continue his 'rant' 

"Your Highness, this is absurd! Rebelling against the Church of Serios? This has to be a joke!" Rodrigue slammed his fist onto the table in frustration making the tea spill a bit. 

Dimitri simply replied"No Rodrigue, I am just telling the truth and just the truth," 

"Your Highness...may I ask why?" Rodrigue asked "If what you said is true...Princess Edelgard is basically asking us to take up arms alongside her?" Rodrigue sip his tea once more to calm himself. 

"Yes my friend, She asked us for an Alliance and well, as you can see...I accepted her call to the arms," Dimitri took another sip of his tea. 

"Wait...the Alliance is in this too?" Rodrigue sighed "Very well your Highness, we do as you say and follow your orders but...are you really sure about this?" 

Dimitri just stared at Rodrigue for a moment "Originally I wasn't sure and needed some time to think...but as you can see, I made my choice and she gave us something very important. We have a blue coat that about to turn black," said Dimitri as he places the letter onto the table. 

"Hm? You mean we have a traitor within our ranks? How?" Rodrigue asked as he points at the letter.

"Princess Edelgard has revealed a traitor within the Kingdom named Cornelia who is just another beast hiding under a mask," Dimitri calmly explains as he took another sip of his tea. 

"Cornelia? That Impossible, she saved the Kingdom from the Great Plague and is praised as a saint by our own people," Rodrigue once again looked confused. 

"That Cornelia has already died long ago. The Cornelia we have is just nothing but a copy...a beast hiding under a mask. Just as I said earlier, so Rodrigue I think you know what to do," Dimitri moved and the letter closer to Rodrigue as he took one more sip of his tea before refilling it

"I...I see, your Highness, but can we really trust Princess Edelgard sources?" Rodrigue moved over to the letter and started to read it. 

"I have my doubts, but remember that she is still my sister even though we are not related by blood," Dimitri took another sip as he let Rodrigue read the letter. 

"Sister...very well, if your Highness...I do what I can," said Rodrigue as he continues to read the letter. Rodrigue was nearly to only know about Lambert's marriage to Patricia and about Edelgard...Patricia's daughter or to be more exact Emperor Ionius IX, daughter

"Good but Rodrigue I need to ask you to prepare for my coronation to become King and is it alright if I bring Edelgard and Claude alongside me for my coronation?" Dimitri asked as Rodrigue returned the letter back to him

"Edelgard and Claude...of course they can come! It would be a grand celebration between the three countries...I still can't believe it...the three of you..going against the Church of Serios...it makes me a bit more comfortable. Your Highness, sadly I have to go now...I come back to the monastery once your coronation is prepared and once we have taken care of that turncoat." Rodrigue stood up and prepared to leave.

"Thank my old friend, I pray that you have success in your efforts as I am depending on you, So please don't fail me this once," said Dimitri as he opens the door for Rodrigue. Rodrigue exited out of his room.

"Yes...as you command your Highness," said Rodrigue as he makes his way back to the entrance of the academy/ Dimitri just sighed and turns towards Dedue. 

"Dedue, everything is fine now, I need some rest...you can do whatever you what Dedue," said Dimitri as Dedue nods, he closed his dorm door before laying onto his bed. 

He took one long deep breath "Well...this is the choice I made...is the truly the right one?" Dimitri asked himself. 

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Claude is inside his dorm room as he waits until it dark outside where no one is allowed outside their dorms unless needed.

 Claude quickly leaped out of his bed and when onto his bed lighting a candle up with a match inside his dorm room. He took one deep breath as he stares at the paper 

"Alright I guess it my turn to do my part otherwise the Princess would be very prissy for me not doing anything," said Claude as he starts writes a letter. 

'To Judith Von Daphnel. If you someone else reading it then please give to Judith the Hero of Daphnel'

'Judith if you are reading this, I have something important to speak off. First, prepare for my return party as I will be coming home with a couple of friends for a while.'

Claude stopped for a moment before moving onto the next line.

"Second make sure that Roundtable is ready for my return. Finally, third, make sure that you burn this letter after you are finished of course you might have to read this over and over to make sure that you don't miss anything. In that case please do.'

After a couple of mins, later the letter is finally done.

"I do hope that this works otherwise my entire hand may as well be out in the open, but...if this truly works then...nevermind that will be decided later on," said Claude puts the letter into one of the drawers before going to bed for good. 

'Huh...not a lot has changed about me,' Claude thought as he stares back at the sentence above him 'Wait...no stop...nooooo!' 

'Sorry but you are not supposed to do that Claude. Don't worry you, I make sure that you don't do that again.' muttered a voice.