Neutscheland’s attempt to destroy Elm Trading Company backfires as the merchants they fired to save money ends with the angry merchants boycotting Neutscheland and signing a contract with Masato to supply Elm Trading Company instead, which the head of the Neutscheland Company admits defeat and makes a deal with Masato over sharing trading rights in Findolf. Slave traders attempt to capture back Roo only for Masato to buy her freedom after the young girl promises to Masato she will become a great merchant to free her parents from slavery. Tsukasa and the other Prodigies build a public bathhouse for Elm Village but when a giant bear attacks the villagers including Winona's father, Village Chief Ulga, Tsukasa leads the others to help while Aoi defeats the bear and Keine heals Ulga's wounds...