Myne decides to cook dinner for the family and, using cooking tactics from Japan, surprises them on how good it is. Gunther and Effa decide on whether to show Myne to a cooking apprentice, but she heartily declines, stating she wants to go to the forest in search of clay. Her family eventually dissuade her, claiming she is not strong enough to go to the forest and that she needs to build up her strength first. Later on, Gunther tells Myne that Otto has asked for her to be his calculations assistant, though it is unofficial since unbaptized children cannot work. She arrives at the gate to see Otto teaching a class of older kids how to write, and while it was awkward to start, the class warms up to Myne and eventually begin learning from her...