Fodlan's Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad.

Chapter 7: Face them

Edelgard looked up as she suddenly felt the ground shake. She dropped her quill, quickly going under the table. It felt like her instincts shot up, flashbacks to those times happened to appear in her mind. Hubert ducked under the table as well, hitting his head against the wood in the process. "What is going on?!" Dorothea gasped, confused. Everyone yelped, taken aback by it.

"An earthquake?!" Ferdinand asked.

"Students, get under your seats!" Manuela ordered. They all did as she said, confused as to what was happening.

"EEEEEK!" Annette squeaked as she hugged Mercedes, the two hiding under their seats. So were the others.

"What's happening?! Why is there an earthquake happening right now?!" Ingrid questioned, confused.

"I do not know!" Dimitri admitted, Dedue shielding him in case something fell on them

"Stay under your desks!" Byleth ordered, crouching to try and keep her balance under her own desk. The ground kept moving violently for a few more seconds before it fully stopped. The students got out of their hiding spots, confused.

"What the hell was that..." Felix mumbled, frowning.

"I do not know. Dimitri, can you go to the Archbishop and inform her about this?" Byleth asked. The prince nodded, getting up and quickly running out of the classroom. As soon as he closed the door, he saw Edelgard and Claude walking out of their respective classrooms.

"Oh, would you look at that? His Princeliness and the Imperial Princess are here." Claude commented. Edelgard just shook her head. She was clearly not in the mood for the smarty comments.

"Let's check on Lady Rhea. That earthquake was worrying." Dimitri cut in before Edelgard could counter. The other two nodded, quickly running towards the audience chamber. Everyone had experienced the earthquake, and they were lucky nothing fell on them.

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"The ground shook when you summoned Seiros." Aigis noted. Sylvain turned to look at Aigis, surprised.

"Really? I didn't notice." he admitted, putting his Evoker back in its holst.

"I did. The ground shook for exactly 20 seconds with a 3.8 magnitude." Aigis recorded. Rhea and Seteth looked at each other, confused. Why would someone measure an earthquake? They didn't really understand it. Bernadetta started sweating bullets. 'Aigis. Too specific!' she thought, nervous. She needed to think of something that could distract them from questioning Aigis. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind.

"Lady Rhea, when will we be getting our uniforms? Because Sylvain and I have some in our rooms, but our friends don't." she asked. Rhea blinked.

"Oh. Well, we'd have to take their measures first. Then we'd get them their uniforms. I believe it would take a few days." she mused. Bernadetta hummed, a hand on her chin.

"Oh. Well, I'd be more than glad to give whoever makes the uniforms my measures to speed the process." Mitsuru admitted "It'll be a pleasure to study here, Lady Rhea." she said, bowing down. Rhea smiled.

"Thank you, Mitsuru. You are very kind." she spoke. Mitsuru smiled.

"I aporeciate the praise, Lady Rhea." she admitted.

"I think they're getting along." Bernadetta whispered to Sylvain. He nodded.

"Remember what I told you? What I found?" he asked. She nodded, tilting her head.

"We only have a few months to avoid it." he told her, making her frown. That wasn't good.

"How do we stop it?" she asked. Sylvain frowned. He didn't have a solid plan for that. He needed to make one. But he needed help for it.