Obi stays at Shirayuki's side after she wakes up from her sleep caused by alcohol she drunk unknowingly. Still dazed. she walks out of her quarters looking for a horse and despairing that she can't ride, so Obi learns that she means to go back by herself to fort Laxdo to check on the soldiers. He tells her that during the few days he was away from the castle (allowed by Zen who wasn't sure he'd ever come back), he went there himself. He reassures her that everybody is doing well, relays their messages to her and hands over some rare herbs they sent as presents, Looking for Shirayuki, worried something might happen to her while inebriated, Zen finally recognizes Obi's merits and gives him over an official identification as his own private messenger.