As the seasons begin to warm, Myne arranges to end her apprenticeship with Benno and sells the rights of the paper-making process to him. Lutz decides to continue his apprenticeship as a merchant under Benno after convincing his mother that he won't follow the family trade into craftsmanship. Myne then meets with Freida, who is surprised and saddened by Myne's decision to stay with her family and die. Since she wants to accumulate enough money for her family to be happy before she goes, Myne agrees to sell all her recipes for cooking with sugar to Freida, who tearfully accepts...