Dimitri arrived back at his room with an exhausted look on his face

Claude and Edelgard were having their conversion only to have Dimitri interrupt 

"Oh Dimitri, your back," said Edelgard as she smiles at Dimitri 

"Well, it seems like you were having a nice conversion so...what were you talking about?" Dimitri asked with a suspicious look at Claude 

Claude smiles at Dimitri "Well, we were talking about the future of the Alliance," Claude replied 

Edelgard face transformed in a concerned look but she just nods 

"Oh, interesting," He crosses his arms "Do you mind explaining the rest in detail with me?" Dimitri asked 

Claude shrugs "Sure, also...your armour, it looks pretty nice on you," 

Edelgard raised her hand "I need to go the bathroom," Edelgard stood herself up and quickly exit the room 

Dimitri just stared at Edelgard leaving the room before turning back to Claude 

Whom eyes just rolled for a moment "Well...ok, now let catch you to speed," said Claude as he begins to explain the future of the Alliance and what he planning to do 

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Inside the Imperial Capital Enbarr, General Randolph and the new promoted Commander Ladislava decide to hang out in the royal garden for some tea 

"Congratulation on your promotion Ladislava, Are you prepared for more paperwork?" Randolph asked with a smile on his face 

Ladislava sighed as she took a sip of her tea "Of course Randolph, you already know that I live to serve her majesty," Ladislava replied 

"You don't have to say that again, I also live to serve her majesty...but that reminds, what do you think about Claude Von Reigen?" Randolph took a sip of his tea while waiting for Ladislava replied 

She sighed as she took another sip before replying "That Alymran? He seems trustworthy...at least for now, although his eyes don't match his face sometimes. Anyways, what about you with Prince Dimitri?" 

"Prince Dimitri?" Randolph smiles at Ladislava "Did you know that Prince Dimitri is in love with our Majesty?" Randolph asked

Ladislava nearly spills the tea out of her mouth as she coughed under the liquid within her mouth "Wait...Prince Dimitri is in love with her Majesty?" 

Randolph laughed as he pats Ladislava on her right shoulder "Yep, they even made their vows within the Goddess Tower," 

She looked baffled at his comment until she realized that Randolph is telling the truth within his eyes "It unbelievable...the Kingdom and the Empire would be reunited once more," Ladislava stood up from her seat "Well that just gave us, more of a reason on why we need to train harder, to protect her Majesty and Prince Dimitri," Said Ladislava 

Randolph nods as he also stood up "I agree, now shall we spare once more?" Randolph asked 

Ladislava did a light punch on Randolph's right shoulder "Sure, bring it on. Have you been keeping score?" 

He nods once more "Yep, 6 to 7, just one more than we are even," Randolph replied 

"Sure," She rolled her eyes "Just don't embarrass yourself in front of Fleche," said Ladislava as she smirked a bit

"Don't remind me please," Randolph used his right hand to cover his face as they both headed towards the training ground

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Edelgard walked through the hallways all on her own as she instead heads towards the garden once more. The skies have turned into orange as she feels the evening breeze, she walks through the garden as she examines her surroundings of blue and red flowers alongside sunflowers, etc 

She continues walking until she reached in front of her mother's grave. She kneeled onto the ground as she gently touches the smooth stone of the grave. Edelgard noticed the two flowers that they left earlier are now on top of each other, she smiled and muttered "I see, you what us to become together once more, well mother, we already are together...as a couple," Edelgard blushed as she continues "We even made our vows within the Goddess tower as it was the best moment within my entire life, I just wish..." She shook her head "No...that was all in the past now," Edelgard however, soon heard some footsteps from behind as she quickly turns around to only see Rodrigue looking at her with sorrow eyes 

"Shouldn't you rest your leg?" Rodrigue asked as he walks forward and examines her leg 

Edelgard shakes his head "Lord Rodrigue, my leg is fine as I can still walk, just what are you doing here?" Edelgard asked 

"I could ask the same thing for you, but it seems that you are visiting your mother grave," Rodrigue sighed as he stares at Patricia gravestone 

"Yes," turns to face Rodrigue "Tell me, Lord Rodrigue, did you know my mother?" Edelgard looked hopeful as she stares at Rodrigue's eyes 

"I have, she was a beautiful woman and treated his majesty as her child, until...the Tragedy of Duscur," Rodrigue just stared at Edelgard for a moment "Your highness...I think you should know something," 

She crosses her arms "You can call me Edelgard, that just fine with me but...what is it, Lord Rodrigue?" Edelgard asked 

"It..." Rodrigue just...stopped for a single before shaking his head in frustration and sighed "Nevermind, what was your mother's real name?" Rodrigue asked 

"If I remember correctly, my mother real name is Anselma Von Arundel or...Patricia, I didn't even know her changed named during her time within the kingdom but...when I saw the painting, I knew it was her...my own mother," Edelgard replied with a sigh as she stares at the gravestone 

Rodrigue sighed "I understand, shall we head back inside?" Rodrigue extends his hand over to Edelgard 

Edelgard accepted Rodrigue's hand "Yes please, is the painting ready to be packaged?" Edelgard asked 

He nods "Yes, the servants just finished securing the painting and they will give it to you once its time to depart back to Garreg Mach," Rodrigue replied 

She smiled "Good...I guess it time to head back, otherwise, they might get suspicious of me," she chuckled a bit as she heads back to Dimitri room

Rodrigue just watched Edelgard walking away from the garden as he looks back at the graveyard for a moment "No...not yet, I can't break her reality yet," muttered Rodrigue before taking his leave

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Mercedes finished explaining how his death affected everyone 

Ashe just sighed as he stares at his bow "Do you think that they will be happy to see me again?" Ashe asked 

"Why of course! Everyone missed you dearly...the Blue Lions isn't the same without you," Mercedes replied as she gave a sorrow look on her face 

He grabbed his bow as he examines it "I know, I hated leaving Ingrid behind as she slowly becomes a madwoman. She was supposed to be a Knight of Faerghus...but everything when spiralling out of control when I died," 

"Than Ashe...why don't you come back?" Mercedes asked as she extends her hand 

Ashe however, shook his head "I can't, there are still things needed to be done first before I can reveal myself...so please forgive us for holding you as a prisoner," said Ashe as he stood up and covered his face with a black hood 

Mercedes just nods as the same pair of Dark Master appeared and took her away. Back to her room 

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Dimitri sighed at Claude as they finish their conversion 

"Are you sure about this Claude?" Dimitri asked with a concerned look on his face 

Claude sighs as he nods "Yes, I am for sure Dimitri just make sure to survive until the end," Claude replies 

Edelgard opened the door and just stared at the two "Hey...did I miss something?" Edelgard asked 

Dimitri shakes his head "No, not much," he turns towards Edelgard "How is your leg?" 

She shrugged "Nothing wrong, I told you many times before..." 

Claude sighed intercutting Edelgard comment "We were only asking, after all, we were both worried about your health," 

"I know..." she turns to face Claude "Claude can you do me a favour and leave us alone for a moment?" 

Claude nods "Sure, I help cook us some dinner..." he stopped and turns towards Dimitri "By the way, can I borrow Dedue?" Claude asked 

Dimitri nods "You have my permission to Dedue, just tell the royal chefs about that otherwise...they might not like outsiders like you fooling around with food," said Dimitri 

Claude gave a thumbs up "Yea, yea I got it," muttered Claude as he makes his exit 

Edelgard sighed and looked back at Dimitri "Dimitri, are you alright?" Edelgard asked with a concerned look as Dimitri just sighed 

"Yes, I am fine, you don't have to worry about me...that reminds me, I need to change," said Dimitri as he when behind the cover and started to take off his armour while Edelgard stared out at the window overlooking the garden

After a couple of mins, Dimitri stepped out without his plate armour leaving the armour gambeson on "Edelgard, are you with me?" Dimitri asked 

Edelgard nods "Yes, Dimitri...I am still here," Edelgard replied 

Dimitri hugs Edelgard from behind "El...how about we spare once more?" Dimitri asked 

She smiled as she turns to face Dimitri "Sure, let see how much you have grown since our last time we spared," said Edelgard as Dimitri let go

The two of them headed towards the training ground grabbed their weapon. Edelgard is wielding a two-handed training axe while Dimitri is wielding a training spear with a medium shield to his side

They both position themselves 

"Remember what I taught you, Dimitri, otherwise your losing streak will continue," said Edelgard as she slams the axe onto the ground 

Dimitri points his spear at Edelgard "You know, last time, I held back because I didn't what to hurt you...but this time...I am not going to hold anything back against you Edelgard...now prepare yourself!" 

Edelgard smiled as she picks up her axe "Alright than...come at me!" 

He nods "Very well Edelgard, here I go...prepare yourself!" shouted Dimitri as he charges while Edelgard waited. He thrust his spear at Edelgard chest but she dodged it by moving her body to the side 

She raised her axe and counters back in which Dimitri dodged to the left avoiding her attack before launching another thrust at Edelgard this time it landed causing her to flinch a bit 

Edelgard smiled as she swings her axe in a wide ark 

Dimitri blocked it with his shield but even so, the force of the impact forced him to sagger allowing Edelgard to do another swing but this time Dimitri rolled back before dashing forward and thrust his spear forward 

She sidestepped his spear before kicking Dimitri back 

He frowned as changes his stance before charging forward once more and thrust his spear with both of his hands, landing a hit against Edelgard 

Edelgard flinched before steadying herself as she makes another wide swing but this Dimitri deflected her axe as it sweeps across Dimitri shield allowing to make a clear thrust at Edelgard neck. He stopped just moments of impact as he smiles at Edelgard "It looks, I finally won against you Edelgard," said Dimitri as he lowers his spear 

"Alright, you won...I hand to you, you have greatly improved since last time we fought," said Edelgard as they put away their weapons 

"I have indeed, now shall we head back? It's getting a little late," Dimitri extend his hand towards Edelgard 

Edelgard accepted Dimitri's hand "Yea, I agree, first let take bath, we are both starting to smell," 

Dimitri sighed at Edelgard but nods "Very well, I tell the servants to prepare our separate baths,"

Both of them when back inside and decided to take a nice warm bath while Claude is in the kitchen with Dedue cooking...something 

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Byleth sat inside her office catching up on some paperwork until a knock came onto her door "Who is it?" Byleth asked 

"Shamir...do I have to say anything else?" Shamir asked as she opens the door 

"Oh, it's you...come take a seat," Byleth moved her paperwork to the side and clean somethings up 

Shamir frowns as she examines the room "Huh, its a mess in here, well at least you are still alive at the end of the day. So tell me, what do you need?"

The office is a complete mess with loose papers everywhere, on the floor, desk and even on some of the chairs 

Byleth managed to clean most of it up alongside locking the door. She smiled as sat back down and stared at Shamir "Well Shamir, I got some reports that you were helping the Princess of Brigid with her 'speaking'," 

Shamir just sighed "Yea, did I do something wrong by assisting a student?" Shamir asked  

Byleth shook her head "No, that fine, it just..." Byleth looked away for a moment "It just, I am going to ask you something Shamir and be honest about it," 

Shamir gave a suspicious look at Byleth "Alright...ask away," 

She draws out her Sword of the Creator "Do you have any loyalty to Lady Rhea?" Byleth asked

Shamir frowned and examines at the Sword of the Creator "......" all she replied was silence 

"So...what is your answer Shamir?" Byleth asked once more as she taps onto her desk 

Shamir sighed "I have no loyalty to Lady Rhea, I am just repaying a debt...that all but...that already has been settled," Shamir replied 

Byleth nods as she smiles a bit "In order words, you have no loyalty left for her. Is that correct?" 

Shamir nods "That correct but may I ask...why did you ask that question of loyalty?" 

Byleth sighed as she stood up, grab her sword and looked out at the window "Well you see Shamir...we just have to... 'discuss' somethings, so please pay attention,"  said Byleth 

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Edelgard dried herself with a towel and got herself dressed with the help of a female servant. When she looked at herself from a minor, she just sighed "Well...it better than nothing," Edelgard muttered as she is wearing a blue dress with an open back and flows down to her feet. She exited out of the changing room and encounter Dimitri who is wearing a black/white suit 

Dimitri stared at Edelgard as he started to blush "El....you look beautiful in that dress," while the female servant when off to wash Edelgard clothes 

She blushed at Dimitri comment "It...well...it not like I had a choice, we didn't bring any spare clothes for our stay," 

He started to chuckle "Calm down, El...it just a dress, anyways," Dimitri extend his hand forward and bowed "Shall I take your hand?" Dimitri asked

Edelgard nods as she accepted Dimitri's hand. They walked side by side as they head toward the dining room 

The servants quickly noticed his Highness and Princess Edelgard walking side by side holding hands 

Their eyes when wide as they started to whisper among each other "Is that his Highness with Princess Edelgard?", "Are they in a relationship?"

Edelgard just ignored the whispers alongside Dimitri as they entered the dining room where Rodrigue, Claude and Dedue were waiting for them with a pair of plates in front of them beside Rodrigue whom only has a single plate 

Rodrigue and Claude smiled at the sight of Edelgard and Dimitri holding hands as they sat down even Dedue is smiling at the sight of his lord 

"Well, I got say Edelgard...you look elegant when you aren't hiding your beauty behind that axe of yours," said Claude as he smirks at Edelgard before placing the plate right of her while Dedue place the plate in front of Dimitri 

Edelgard rolled her eyes but ultimately smiled at Claude as she turns to look at the plate "Eggplant? You used eggplant?" Edelgard asked as she examines the plate which has a slice of soft bread on the right, chopped eggplant with spices in the center and on the left is slices of carrots 

"Yes, they had a bunch of time in the storage room but don't worry I used some spices to increase the flavour," He sticks his fork into one of the eggplants and ate it "So tell me Edelgard, Dimitri...if we mix red and blue together...what colour does it create?" Claude asked 

Dimitri replied first "If I remember correctly...purple but what does this have to..." He notices the eggplant, the soft bread and the slices of carrots "I see...Claude, that pretty smart, not going to lie," said Dimitri 

"Indeed,  I agree with Dimitri, it is very clever of you Claude. The soft bread shows the Empire while the slices of carrots show the Kingdom and finale the eggplant shows unity between the two of us," Edelgard took a bite out of one of the eggplants 

"Very wise Claude Von Reigen...but I didn't know you could cook," said Rodrigue as he also took a bite from the soft bread 

"I get that all of the time...by the way, you should thank Dedue for the assistance," Claude took a bite from the eggplant 

Dedue just shrugs and didn't say a single word as they continue their meal 

After the last meal has been eaten Dimitri, Rodrigue and Dedue started to clean up. Edelgard meanwhile pulled Claude to the side for a chat 

"Well, Edelgard...what do you need?" Claude asked still keeping that smile on his face 

"The spices...on the eggplant, it the symbolism about you is that correct?" Edelgard asked 

Claude nods "Yep, it's nice that you didn't speak about it, to the others. Otherwise, that might have ruined the surprise," 

"I know...you are just a side character, after all. Anyways, you should relax and let us clean it up, it's your reward for cooking us that delicious food," Edelgard pats Claude before making her way back to the table to help clean up

"Yea..." Claude sighed "You look beautiful in that dress Edelgard, I can't wait for the wedding day," muttered Claude as he walks away and stares at the window which shows the light of the full moon