Chloe tells Noe that she became a curse-bearer voluntarily when Naenia granted her wish. Noe attacks Naenia in revenge for Louis's demise, but Chloe intercedes and knocks him unconscious. Meanwhile, Dante tells Veritas that the d'Apchiers were wiped out by the Beast. They were conducting research on the World Formula against the Church's wishes seeking to produce an Alternate Engine for altering the formula which gave rise to the Beast of Gevaudan. He reveals that he is working for Sir Francis Varney, the Clockwork Fiend Marquis Machina, who seeks the Alternate Engine