Due to having to care for Pip, Letty's financial resources are drained, forcing him to take up a job. Diaria takes Letty to a multi-ethnical market community, where after several failed attempts, Letty is assigned to a proxy service suiting his nature as a dragon. Meanwhile, Diaria encounters Lilith, a succubus and an old acquaintance of his, and reminisces about the time he unwittingly - and unwillingly - became the new Dark Lord. While Diaria is off buying supplies for their journey, Letty is lured out of town and tricked into captivity.