Third-Person POV

"Excuse me, Tae was it?"

The unawakened zombie girl was busy devouring the large meal in front of her, while the prince's retainer from Duscur looked on, astonished at the sight. She grunted at him, acknowledging his presence, before continuing her binge.

"Well then, I am glad you are enjoying the meal I prepared today…" he looked on as Tae lifted her head up to look at him, licking off the food she had on her face. A few students were disgusted at the sight and immediately left the dining hall one of them bumping into Dedue on their way out.

"You do not seem to care about how you are seen in the eyes of our fellow students. Despite being seen as an outsider you continue being yourself, it seems as though we share that same sentiment." the large man tells her as she finishes the rest of the food. She stares at him for a second before starting to nom on his arm, though not hard enough to cause pain for the guy.

"Um… however, I do request that you cease this sooner…"

TAE AND DEDUE HAVE ATTAINED SUPPORT LEVEL C

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"Ugh… do we really have to take these tests?"

"Shh!" Ai silences Saki as they both hand in their Certification Exams for the fighter class. They both manage to pass as they head towards Sakura, Linhardt, and Leonie.

"Ahh, I can't believe I barely passed my exam…" the eggheaded idol sighs.

Leonie smiles as she speaks up, "Wasn't as hard as I thought, it's probably the fruit of my training with Captain Jeralt."

"Can ya shut up already with that, how many times are you gonna bring him up?" says Saki, clearly annoyed.

"As many times as I need for you to appreciate the training you got to experience under him as well." Leonie scoffs at her.

"Now now… we need to cooperate, we have another training mission before we guard the Holy Mausoleum at the end of the month. There shouldn't be any strife between us when we could be dealing with dangerous individuals." Ai says to prevent the two girls from fighting.

"That is quite true. But speaking of the training mission, I don't think I can make it this time. I need to catch up on some crest research I have been ignoring since studying you zombie girls. Goodbye." the sleepy Linhardt walks away from the four ladies with exasperated expressions on their faces.

He walks out of the Blue Lions classroom and is immediately stopped by Kotaro Tatsumi.

"YOU! TIRED SMART BOY!"

"Um… hi?"

"COME WITH ME NOW! I NEED HELP!"

"Why? I just–Ugh, this better not take up my research and nap times…"

As Tatsumi drags him away for whatever he needs him for, we cut to the aforementioned training battle, where more bandits are fought in a grassy field.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to this, maybe I should have stayed back too…" Sakura says as she notices the blood dripping off her lance.

"The mission was to rout the bandits, so we have no choice. This is how we steel ourselves for future conflicts…" Ashe responded while missing a target from his bow.

The girl just slowly nodded as she takes down another bandit, "I guess so…. Oh, have you been doing alright lately, Ashe? Our last mission was quite difficult for you…"

"Me? No, I can get by just fine. My brother and sister made it out of the conflict unscathed, I'm more relieved about that. Although I still think about Lonato every night… Wait, Yugiri!"

They turn to see the courtesan cornered by three enemies at once, yet her calm expression remains unchanged.

"Hey there gorgeous, how about we go to town tonight?"

"That does sound lovely, but I have plans to have a tea party with a friend later on. So I must refuse." she says without a sign of fear.

"Your friend will have to wait lady, now fork over the gold and we wo–ACK!" the bandit is then hit by Yugiri casting Fire twice before using her Killing Edge to finish off the rest of them.

"Oh dear, maybe I should have applied less force…" she puts her hand to her mouth in slight surprise, while her other classmates stare in amazement before going back to work.

The rest of the bandits were soon taken care of and the students got some good training in before their big mission. Though Byleth needed to give some feedback to the class.

"You all did well out there, but it seems like with the amount of combatants on the battlefield at once, we run the risk of at least one of you being badly injured. One of our healers, Linhardt, was not able to join us, so asides from Mercedes and Junko, we need one more healer to make up for his absence. Does anyone know any students from other classes who are willing to join us for our defense of the Holy Mausoleum?"

Everyone thought for a moment before Dimitri suddenly remembers someone who could help.

"I have one suggestion, but I'll try to convince her myself so you won't have to carry the burden." He says as he and the rest of the Blue Lions prepare to walk back to the monastery.

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"Marianne?"

"Oh, yes Dimitri?" she stops her prayer and turns around to see His Highness, and wonders what he needs.

"My class is in need of another healer before our next mission at the end of this month. I couldn't think of anyone else more suitable. May you temporarily join us?"

"Wait, why would you need an extra healer? Don't you have two already?" Marianne responds, she is clearly taken aback by his offer.

He clears his throat before beginning to explain,"Well, one of them decided to sit out on us in a recent battle, and Mercedes cannot handle everyone at once, though the professor has been teaching Junko faith magic it's not quite as strong. We need to be prepared in case an ally is out of range of all of them. You don't have to come with us if you do not wish to."

"Um, are you sure? I would probably cause you more trouble than you could handle…" Marianne looks down to the cathedral floor, unsure of what he's asking of her.

"I assure you, I am still willing to fight alongside you, despite what could happen. There is also a possibility that we could be in more trouble without your assistance. Take some time to think it over." Dimitri walks away leaving the blue-haired noble girl to continue praying.

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"Make sure to keep an eye on her, ok Your Princeliness?" Claude calls out as Marianne joins the class for the mission.

"I'll do my best to ensure her safety." Dimitri replies.

The Blue Lions make their way towards the entrance to the Holy Mausoleum, only being stopped by Seteth and his "sister" Flayn on the way there.

"It is as we suspected. The enemy is within." Dimitri looks ahead and sees a mage with a crow like mask opening a casket, "The enemy is after the casket of Saint Seiros. Do they intend to steal her bones? We must defeat those enemies before they open the casket."

"Let's take kick names and take ass!" Saki yells as she charges into battle.

"A-actually it's… never mind." Junko tries correcting her before running as well.

The group splits into two as the battle unfolds.

Group 1: Dimitri, Dedue, Sakura, Saki, Marianne, Ashe, Leonie, Tae, Yugiri, Sylvain

Group 2: Byleth, Felix, Annette, Junko, Ashe, Mercedes, Lily, Ai, Bernadetta, Ingrid

Not in Battle: Linhardt

END OF CHAPTER 15

"I am Ferdinand von Aegir" count x2 (no change)