'The Lyndis legion is growing and we are ill prepared for the upcoming battles.' Chrono thought as the legion entered a village nearby Caelin.

"Chrono, are you ok?" Erk asked as he slowed his pace to match Chrono's.

"I'm not. We are getting closer to Caelin, but our weapon is starting to look like we dug them out of the ground." Chrono muttered as he pulled out his books. True to his words, the spell book looked like it was about to fall apart at any second.

"Yeah. I'll go tell Lyn about our conditions." Erk said.

"I'll go with you." Chrono muttered.

The anima pair walked up, passing each member. Every time Chrono looked at each person's weapon, he only sees a weapon that is barely put together. Eventually, they made it up to Lyn. She was talking to Nils, Ninian, Emerald and Matthew at the moment.

"Lyn, let's rest here. We have to restock on weapons and the travel is not making it easier on them." Chrono said.

"But Chrono, I can't stop now. My grandfather's life is on the line and you want me to rest?!" Lyn muttered angrily.

"Lyn, I'm sure you realised that we can't win if our weapons break on us during battle." Erk pointed out.

That got Lyn good as the anger died in her eyes.

"Think of things this way. If we are ill equipped for our next battle, we will not survive the attack regardless of my plan works. So let's get restocked before we head out." Chrono said.

Lyn nodded in defeat as the party stopped at the village square.

"Everyone, restock and wait for me." Chrono stated.

Everyone complied as they went their way to pick up weapons. It was then that Chrono saw Matthew walking to the inn.

"I just need to rest a bit." Matthew said before Chrono even asked.

"Ok then. Book us a room." Chrono replied as he saw Matthew walk toward the inn.

He decided to listen on what Matthew was going to do. He walked over to a tree and poured energy to open a link to Matthew only.

The sound of the inn soon reached Chrono's ears as he listened carefully.

"They there. Why the sad look?" Matthew's cheerful voice asked.

"Why would you like to know? If we speak about it, he'll have our head." the innkeeper replied.

"I like to know because I don't know." Matthew stated.

"I'll tell you some of the rumors if you will pay for my drink." the innkeeper offered.

A sigh was heard as the sound of gold placed on the table rang into Chrono's ears. Soon, a draining sound was heard and a thud followed it.

"It started back when Lord Hausen declared one day that he was a grandfather. Everyone heard of the news and went to the castle to congratulate him. But that's when he came." the innkeeper said.

"He who?" Matthew asked.

"I will not answer that. He will kill anyone that speaks against him." innkeeper said.

Chrono's ears picked up the sound of movement and more gold hitting wood.

"How about for this much?" Matthew asked.

A sharp breath intake was heard.

"Lundgren. He told everyone to leave. The next day a servant from the castle was found in front of our inn. He was about to die when he muttered that the Lord is ill. A few days later, three more servants with equally fatal wounds died at the city square, not before muttering that he was poisoned. It was then that Lundgren announced that if anyone tried to get a foreign lord involved with this, he would kill that person and the traitor Knight Kent and Sain along with the imposter granddaughter of Hausen with foreign aid." the innkeeper muttered.

Chrono has heard enough and cut the link from Matthew.

'Hausen's poisoned for sure. We had that rumor checked out back at Araphen. Kent, Sain and Lyn are in the most trouble. I need to stop that from happening. But even if we ran back to Kathelet, it would be a three day trek. Maybe I should go myself.' Chrono thought as he scanned the sky.

The sun started to set as everyone returned from weapon restocking.

"Chrono, I have some bad news." Matthew said.

"I can take a guess, but you need to tell Lyn and the others. I also want you to tell everyone that we are staying here for the night while I finish some business of my own." Chrono muttered as he got up.

Matthew nodded as he went over to Lyn to tell her about what he got. Chrono walked to the back of the weapon shop. As soon as he was out of sight, Chrono spread his wings and took off for Kathlet.

Three hours later, Chrono found himself landing at the outskirts of the village.

'I hope Eliwood is still here. This plan will not work if we are against an army.' Chrono thought as he walked into the village and into the inn.

Chrono looked around the inn for any sight of the red head man. He then saw him at a table with his meal. Chrono walked over to Eliwood.

"Eliwood, I need to talk with you." Chrono muttered.

The said man turned to see Chrono and smiled.

"Chrono. What a pleasent suprise. What do you need my friend?" Eliwood replied as he got up and walked to Chrono.

"Lyn needs your help." Chrono muttered.

"How can Pherae help you?" Eliwood asked.

Chrono sighed as he ran his hand through his hair.

"You heard about Caelin's situation?" Chrono asked.

"Yes." Eliwood replied suddenly serious.

"I need you to tell the other Marquees not to get involved with Caelin's affairs." Chrono asked.

"Why?" Eliwood asked.

"We are about to fight them tomorrow. I can't let Lyn fight against a united army." Chrono explained.

Eliwood nodded.

"I'll send a message to the other Marquees not to get themselves involved with Caelin's affair. But in doing so, I can't help you either." Eliwood stated.

"I know. This is one fight Lyn has to do by herself." Chrono replied as he turnned to leave.

"Chrono, I wish you and Lyn luck." Eliwood replied as he watched Chrono leave the inn.

Chrono left the inn and turned to the left. He then took off and flew back to the village near Caelin.

Eventually, just before Chrono reached the village he saw a hill overlooking the village of Caelin. He decided to land there and thinks things over.

'Lyn's final battle will be here. What will I do now?' Chrono thought as he looked at the castle.

He stood there looking at the castle before he turned to head back to the village and the inn. One question plagued his mind.

'What will I do now?'