Shinobu and Elch stays at an inn run by Emerada and her daughter Melinda at Coconono village in Gustav's lands. Despite the villagers proclaiming how great their village is, Shinobu becomes suspicious after noticing none of the villagers are eating the food they serve despite starving themselves and she and Elch soon discover Coconono's dark secret, the villagers have been secretly drugging travelers before killing and eating them. When Duke Gustav’s soldiers punishes Melinda for having dirt on her clothes during an inspection, Shinobu gives herself up to their leader, Silver Knight Jeanne Do Leblanc, in exchange for sparing Melinda after learning the girl tried to warn Shinobu and Elch to leave the village...