AM/VW: The King & The White Petal

X: Blood Of The Eagle And Lion

Back in the monastery reception hall, Ashe and Cyril were more than happy to be reunited with Marianne and Lysithea respectively. "Are you sure about your decision, Raphael? If you leave the church and go to the kingdom with her, you won't be able to visit Maya until the war finally ends.", Ignatz told his friend when he told him he was going to remain in Castle Blaiddyd with Savanna. "I know. But I've noticed how much she loves me, so if I just returned to my little sister and grandpa without really returning her feelings, she'd be sad.", he replied and turned around before getting up onto Savanna's white horse behind her and they left the monastery to return to the kingdom as the others watched on before they walked to the reception hall to talk to one another. Back in the kingdom, Savanna tells Raphael she and Dedue have been serving the castle since they were in their early teenage years. "I'm sure my little sister would be happy to be around you, Savanna.", he said before she took him to the greenhouse, where Dimitri and Sarai were talking to each other. "What's going on?", they asked them. "I just received a letter from the empress saying she wants me to hand Sarai over to her, but she says she never wants to be locked up underneath the imperial palace again.", he explained. "I can't exactly blame her for that. After all, she was imprisoned in one of the imperial palace's towers for something she never did.", Savanna said to him in agreement and Raphael turned to her in confusion before Dimitri and Sarai walked back into the castle, leaving Savanna to tell Raphael how the young queen was rescued from the imperial capital. "Afterwards, she openly admitted she doesn't think she's even capable of killing soldiers in such a way.", she finished. "Yikes! No wonder she's been through a lot.", he said to her before they walked out of the greenhouse and spotted a wyvern headed towards them. Back inside the castle, Sarai was talking to Dimitri when one of their soldiers ran up to them. "Your Grace, you have someone who would really like to see you outside.", she told her. "Thanks, Kamari.", she replied and walked outside to see Claude next to his wyvern. "Hey there, Sarai.", he greeted her playfully. "Hello to you too, Claude.", she said. "Judith told me you're living here due to marriage.", he replied. "Yes, I am.", she said. "Also, it's to Dimitri.", she added. "Lucky you!", he said. "I'm being serious, Sarai. He's a good person.", he told her. "Speaking of which, why is Raphael here instead of the monastery with our friends?", he asked her. "Because I grabbed Savanna's heart for myself, which I didn't know until the other day.", Raphael replied as he and Savanna walked over to them. "Tomorrow, I'm going back to the church for a few days.", Sarai told him. "Is Petra also there?", Claude asked her. "Yes and I'm certain she'll be happy to see you again if you came with me.", she replied. As the month passed on by, Dimitri and Sarai eventually learned the empire was gathering troops at none other than Fort Merceus, which he told her was the only military fortress they had. "It's going to be a tough battle tomorrow, dear. Make sure you're prepared.", he told her in the library. "Dimitri, I'm not a weak citizen. I can take care of myself, but you know you must help our allies prevent them from trying to kill me while I make my way over to her.", she said. After her allies kill the imperial soldiers, Sarai advances towards Edelgard with Dimitri right behind her. "You escaped safely from me once, but I'm not going to let it happen again!", she said as she charged at her before Sarai swung her hero's relic at her, defeating her and she retreated from the field. Suddenly, Randolph's younger sister Flèche charged at Dimitri with a silver sword in her hands, but Ashe sniped her with his bow, causing her to fall to the ground.