A/N: Alright, one more Interlude… this one will be absent of cryptic messages and instead chock full of suspicions. Also, I realized I forgot a Name on the Name List… but, I'll put that one up there later.

Timeline Note: Happens after the battle at Fort Jinya, and after Yasei left with Jakob, Kaze, and Rinkah.

Name, Language (Translation) [Notes]: Yasei, Vallite (Wild) [Corrin's name]. Purotekutā no Kyōdai ai, Vallite (Protector of Sibling Love) [Corrin's Naginata]. Hoshizora Seiza, Vallite (Starry Constellation [Lilith's Mother]. Firechaser, Common [Hinoka's M!Pegasus]. Jiyū, Vallite (Freedom) [Lathna's F!Pegasus]. Kanpeki, Vallite (Perfection) [Subaki's M!Pegasus]. Katáktisi, Nohrian (Conquest) [Xander's Stallion] Ouranós Trómos, Nohrian (Skyterror) [Camilla's M!Wyvern]. Μαύρο άλογο, Nohrian (Dark Horse) [Leo's Stallion, though his siblings call him Alastor). Baranotsubomi, Hoshidan (Rosebud) [Elise's Mare].

Consort: Ooo, now that is some interesting thoughts, though, due to the obscure nature of Azura's and Ignis's 'coded chats', I'm afraid I can't divulge into this...

Antex: Here here, have Lilith n Lathna!

Lilith smiles as she and Lathna step through her portal to her portion of the Astral Realm… "So, whatcha gonna build next, my liege?" Lathna almost immediately asks, in the utmost singular unprofessional manner as possible, leaning to one side and putting a hand on her hip.

Lilith smiles, inspired by Lathna's outgoing bounciness, "I'm not sure, but that's not why I brought us out here…"

She huffs, her Kitsune ears drooping down, "I know, but the question stands… you haven't added anything in here for months. You said you were going to add a hunting ground soooo long ago."

Despite her insistence, Lilith giggles, "Yes, I did say I was going to…" She raises a hand, which causes her retainer's ears to perk up… and then she lowers it, causing them to droop again. "I apologize, but we did just enter war… I need to make sure that I don't expend my magic on lesser wants."

The Kitsune Sky Knight pouts, "You're getting that real serious look again… don't you trust Lady Yasei? She's clearly a skilled leader."

Lilith's smile snaps right out of existence and she frowns. "Sister did do well today, but you and I both know that those weren't normal soldiers…"

She crosses her arms, nodding… unbothered by how she miiight've accidentally crossed a line. "That magic in them… I never felt anything like it. Vallite magic is smooth and flowing, Hoshidan has a gentle firmness to it… Nohr is like a freakin' Hammer coated with sludge. This though?" Lilith waits as Lathna tries to pick out how the magic felt. "Raising the dead ain't a small feat, and well… here's the thing. I felt the 'sludge' from Nohr's magic, but it isn't so much as a blunt hit as it was… a precise katana slash through my midsection. The person casted that spell is very powerful…"

Lilith raises an eyebrow at her observations, "The person?" She echoes. "Lathna, you aren't saying…?"

"One person." She nods. "We both know that every person has their own unique… feel to their magic. You know that I am highly sensitive to 'tasting' and 'feeling' that signature… and all of those… ah, what shall we call them… Risen?" She shrugs, just going along with it, "Those Risen all had the same signature…"

Lilith rolls the information around in her head a moment, "Risen… well, not the best of names, but very well… alright Lathna, what did you feel?" Of course, nothing bothers her more than the fact that all of the magical signature is apparently from the same person.

"The sludge had evolved into some rotten cadaver… whoever casted this spell has absolutely no sense of morals. It also felt like the keenest and sharpest blade ever to have been made… probably even superior to the Rajinto… whoever casted this is of the highest caliber, perhaps even beyond the likes of Lord Leo…"

"By my mother's stars…" Lilith rubs her temples. "Wait, that makes no sense… if this person has enough magic to raise almost an entire battle's worth of soldiers… why only raise Nohrians? Why didn't this person join the battle?"

"...I cannot say, milady. I am no Tactician, I follow orders, I don't give them… except to my precious Jiyū, of course!" She flashes her canines and giggles. Jiyū is still back in Fort Jinya… something about 'putting that feisty flying mare in his place'. Firechaser sure is persistent.

"Perhaps I should ask Sister, then…" Lilith muses.

"Is there anything else, my liege?" Lathna asks, starting to bounce in… oh. She wants to burn some energy.

Lilith smiles, "Yes, there is in fact…" She raises her hand, Lathna's ears perk up. "Lathna? Would you kindly hunt up a feast for us?" Powerful magics begin to work their way out of Lilith and… well, while she could do it with what she has now...

She never really used those mines to begin with.

Lilith removes the gem mines from her Astral Realm, and infuses that leftover magic into a… Hunting Grounds.

"Awww yeah! You bet, Lilith! Whoo! You. Are. The. Best. Liege. Ever!" Lathna pounces on Lilith, after she finishes, then proceeds to wildly wag her tail, hug her, and lick her face! "Birds, bears, stag… I'll bring a lot of 'em! See you soon!" Dropping her Naginata, Lathna shifts into her Kitsune form and dashes towards the Hunting Grounds.

Lilith remains on the ground, her face covered in Kitsune slobber, though despite it all, she smiles. "And I wouldn't want anyone else to be my favored retainer… no matter how many times you may knock me to the ground…" Well, things aren't going to get done by themselves… Lilith rises up and starts prepping a basic outdoor cooking fire and kitchen…

Without magic, of course… she's still capable of doing such things on her own.