As Ghislaine and Rudeus leave the village, he reads a letter from Paul explaining that he found a tutoring job for him to pay for his and Sylphiette's studies. However, Paul forbids him from returning home or meeting Sylphiette for the next five years. In the city of Roa, Rudeus meets his employer, Philip Boreas Greyrat, who is also the mayor and his father's cousin, and is tasked to teach Philip's daughter Eris. However, once Rudeus is introduced to Eris, she acts hostile towards him. Certain that Eris will not listen to him at all, Rudeus comes with a plan to gain her trust by faking their kidnapping with her father's consent...