Norisse has been captured by the Mongauli white knights, prompting the survivors of the Parros royal family and those tribes that oppose Mongauli to prepare for war. Meanwhile, as Amnelis heads to Crystal to marry Norisse and legitimize the claim of Mongaul to the kingdom, Astrias decides to prevent the wedding at any cost. He meets a minstrel name Malius, who seems to know much about Norisse. However, the latter gases him, revealed that he has an alias. Back in Nospherus, Guin, Rinda, Remus, Istavan, and Suni prepare to leave and continue on their journey towards the Town of Ross. At the engagement party, a bothered Amnelis lays eyes on Norisse for the first time, instantly falling in love, but she walks away with mixed feelings. After Remus has visions of a mysterious corpse man during the day and a ball of light shooting out flying disks at night, he wants to find out the interpretation to what he saw.