Dai and Sumire are torn between relief that Licca is safe and suspicious astonishment of the Crown Princess' armored rescuer, a sentiment mirrored by the newly arrived Doll Knight. Yae fumes in frustration at another of her abduction attempts being nullified as she computes her next move, while Nanae and Orie set course for the forest where the Omniscient Owl has been trying to permanently deep-freeze the Doll Kingdom in a last-ditch effort to confine Devaul's destructive powers.