Summons

Claude
We really lucked out there. Fewer injuries than I would have expected...and most were minor.

Dimitri
I suppose the only conclusion we can draw is that they really were after Aelfric all this time...

Edelgard
Perhaps they were instructed to avoid unnecessary casualties...

Hilda
Is that Aelfric guy really a cardinal? Are the secret cardinals really a thing? I thought that was a myth.

Linhardt
Hard to believe. Did you folks in the Ashen Wolves know that?

Balthus
Nah, that's news to me. The identity of the cardinals is top secret, even within the church.

Balthus
He never would have told us something like that. Oh, except maybe Yuri...

Yuri
He and I talk about a lot of things.

Yuri
But right now, I'd say we have more important topics to discuss than his title.

Yuri
Aelfric's been kidnapped. What are we going to do about it?

Constance
Even if it is in the name of rescuing him, we simply cannot hand over the chalice to those scoundrels!

Hapi
Let's just give them the thing and be done with it.

Alois
Professor! I came as fast as I could when I heard the report. I had no idea you'd be here!

Yuri
Is this loud...uh, excitable knight a friend of yours?

Alois
Now, about Aelfric's kidnapping...

Alois
Since he's an important member of the church, we must use any means necessary to find him.

Alois
That said...most of the holy knights have been deployed to deal with the Western Church.

Balthus
Sure, but any knights are better than no knights, yeah?

Alois
I like your attitude, though I'm still embarrassed that we're not in full force... But hey, at least we're quite forceful!

Yuri
Ugh. Here, take this letter. We believe it was left by whoever kidnapped the cardinal.

Yuri
In it, the enemy clearly spells out their plan. They're after a chalice that was hidden beneath Abyss.

Alois
A chalice, hm? A chalice... Hmmm... Ah! Do you mean THE chalice?!

Alois
But no, why would it be there? I've never heard anything about it being stowed away in Abyss.

Balthus
Then this is gonna come as a shock, pal.

Alois
What in the goddess's name?! Is that really the chalice from the legends?!

Constance
The probability of that is unassailably high, yes.

Hapi
It was guarded by a bunch of giant, creepy toys. There was powerful magic protecting it and everything.

Alois
If you say so. Wow, that means the story about the chalice being bound was true.

Alois
Well, what's done is done! Oh, but I guess it's not done just yet.

Alois
I must report this to Lady Rhea at once!