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“Here, let me help you out!”

“T-thanks…”

To compensate for the amount of students in the Blue Lions, four students were enlisted to do tasks meant for only two. Sylvain and Junko were bringing ingredients for Ashe and Annette during cooking duty, though the floofy haired idol did need a bit of help carrying things. However, her mind was on Ashe because of how the class got their latest assignment earlier.

“I was informed that we must accompany the Knights of Seiros on their mission to halt an uprising against the Church. Leading this uprising is the noble Lord Lonato.” Byleth’s words echoed through Junko’s head as she worried about her fellow silver haired classmate.

“Hey Junko! I need more Albinean Berries!” Annette called out, snapping her back to reality as she rushed over to get some.

After being handed the berries, Annette glanced at Ashe as well, who was struggling to take his mind off of the assignment while stirring a pot of food.

“You’re worried about him too, huh?” she asked Junko, who nods her head slowly.

Sylvain walks in and puts his hand on her shoulder, “The poor kid, he owes his life to Lonato and now he has to see him and the village he grew up in as enemies. Hopefully they can surrender peacefully without any casualties...”

Suddenly, while they were focused on their poor classmate, a frying pan suddenly bursts into flames and startles the four students. They try their best to try and put it out as kitchen workers arrive to prevent the fire from spreading.

While that was being sorted out, (thanks Annette), two rivals worked to one up each other before the mission.

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“Hunh! Ha! Hyaah!”

“Kyaa! Ha! Hiyah!”

Both Felix and Saki were on opposite sides of the Knight’s Hall, taking down training dummies one by one all while glaring at each other. The two of them stop what they are doing and walk all the way to the Training Ground, clearly tired of fighting unmoving opponents. Without any words spoken, they begin a sparring session. It was a sequence of dodging, landing small blows with their training weapons, and clashing, almost like they have gotten used to each other’s fighting styles.

“TAKE THIS!!” Saki yells before charging forward with a punch similar looking to a Terry Bogard Burn Knuckle. Upon hearing her call out the move the Ferdiad swordsman dodges to the right and slashes her back in response, ending the battle.

“Hmph, I’ll give you this, if you had kept your mouth shut I wouldn’t have been able to tell when to make my move.” Felix tells her.

“Tch, shut up man. Just know that I will beat you next time…” The Dorami member says as she picks herself off the ground.

Raising an eyebrow Felix responds, “Really now? I’d imagine it would take years for you to catch up, but we’ll continue dueling until you do, and perhaps longer if I’m impressed. Besides the Professor, sparring with you has been a bit more enjoyable than other opponents lately.”

“Feeling’s mutual, don’t think I fought many people I would consider a rival in a long time. Other than doing idol stuff with the team, this is the most fun I’ve had since coming back from the dead. Now let’s go at it again Fraldarius!” she yells as she charges once more.

“Fun, huh?” He says to himself before continuing to spar with his new training partner.

SAKI AND FELIX HAVE ATTAINED SUPPORT LEVEL C

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“Why would anyone want to go against the Church? What reasons could one possibly have to do so? Is there something we’re not being told here? Man this is so confusing…” Sakura thought to herself while she was picking up weeds.

“Um… Sakura?”

“Oh! Sorry Ai, I’m just thinking about the mission we have coming up.”

The two idols went back to work as the Prince decided to bring up a strange fact to pass the time.

“By the way… sometimes you find edible plants among the weeds!”

Dedue, clearly not wanting Dimitri to endanger his health, bluntly states “Please do not eat the weeds.”

“I am just saying…”

Sakura giggles at His Highness, while Ai gives a small smile at the display before continuing their task. The two of them feel at ease knowing that they can continue spending time at the Academy until they manage to find a way home, though they can’t feel like they’re out of the woods yet. The secret must remain hidden from the Church to avoid a panic in the Monastery, so they should not be careless. The class continues working hard until the day of the mission arrives.

“Are you going to be alright Ashe? You can turn back if you don’t want to fight…” Junko, still worried, asks him as they walk towards his home village.

“No, I need to know why Lonato would cause such a thing, I can’t turn away now. I appreciate the concern Junko, but I have to help him.”

Byleth had brought Kotaro along so he could see how well Franchouchou was doing in the class and as he walked alongside him and Catherine, one of the Knights of Seiros, he took a look at her weapon. A Hero’s Relic, something he read about while in the library, reminded him a lot of the staff that brought them to Fódlan. But before he could admire it more, a battle had began, and the Blue Lions were thrown into a battle against civilians.

END OF CHAPTER 13

“I am Ferdinand von Aegir” count x2 (no change)