Welkin and Faldio along with Alicia, Ramal and Isara are invited to attend an award ceremony at the Royal Palace in Randgriz. Selvaria and Jaeger infiltrate the ceremony under the guise of a rich couple from overseas. During the banquet, Faldio and Welkin receive commendations from Princess Cordelia for their actions in taking back Vasel and Kloden from the Imperial forces. Jaeger encounters Alicia outside the banquet hall and gives her a friendly warning. Alicia informs Welkin and Faldio of the presence of the Imperials Generals in the Royal Palace. After Cordelia returns to her quarters to rest, she is abducted by unknown assailants. Alicia, having gotten lost, stumbles across the kidnapping and is knocked unconscious and kidnapped as well. It is revealed that the kidnapping was a play for power arranged by Prime Minister Maurits von Borg with the cooperation of the Federation Ambassador.