Zoldra0 said:
I don't think Casca will just be "left behind". She's a fighter, and I think she'll want to push on once she has recovered her mental strength, even if SK don't think it would be wise.
I disagree, I think Casca is bright enough to realize that, until she is able to keep her PTSD under control, she's more of a liability than an asset. She's seen Guts drop everything and take severe beatings to save her from harm too many times to risk that again. After all, it's how he lost his arm and eye.
I think we're going to see yet another party split here. Pure speculation, but I think Guts will leave Elfheim (and probably take Isidro, Puck, and Serpico with him), confront the Moonlight Child and learn that he's Griffith, and then meet up with Rickert to learn about Falconia and start to form a plan to get to Griffith/Femto. I can see several possibilities for Casca, but my money is on Griffith/the Apostles attacking Elfheim and Casca successfully leading the charge to repel them, then resolving to join the fight to end Griffith.
Also I'm surprised so many people enjoyed this chapter? I thought it was boring because we didn't learn anything we didn't already know. We already know Schierke has become a battle-hardened mage and that Farnese shows a lot of promise. We even already knew that Skull Knight was at Elfheim. There was literally nothing new.