The group arrives at the Royal Capital, Sevenwall, and are accosted by guards, but Alicia Crystella arrives and dismisses the guards, then lets them into an inn she owns. Rose becomes jealous, but relents when Alicia says she would willingly die for Diablo. As they eat, Horn says she wants to be stronger. Rose presents a slave collar and says if Horn wears it and makes a Master-Servant contract with Diablo, his power will flow into her, but Rem and Shera warn that if Diablo dies, she will die, plus other demerits of wearing a collar, so she refuses...