Synopsis

The chapter depicts preparations for a grand festival, where young nobles are scheduled to meet with the Crown Prince in a palace banquet. Meanwhile, a separate narrative thread introduces Ron Molran, a member of a former assassin family, hiding from the shadowy organization called "Darkness," who are expanding their influence. Finally, the chapter shows characters engaged in a high-stakes search for bombs, with a plan to disrupt their magic using a special marble before saving the bomb holders, before the deadline. A potential conflict is set up by the introduction of many plot elements.