Episode Title:
The Reunion By the Lake
Episode Description:
Lena finds Athena in the middle of a festival called Dance of the Fairies. She learns Dratena is a daughter of the Belbury family. She encounters Flower Hat investigating Dratena and asks to assist her. Flower Hat bribes an informant and learns Dratena was disowned by her father after receiving her Necromancy skill and was taken in by Holy Sister. The informant demands more money, so Flower Hat's guard Yuan threatens him and learns Dratena is in the Theatre District. Lena protests at the violence but is silenced by Flower Hat. Meanwhile, Dratena prepares to dance on the last night of the festival. Yuan explains centuries ago the Fairy King protected Athena from monsters with a Fairy Stone. During the festival, young ladies dance to show gratitude and this year Dratena will be dancing, so Flower Hat and Lena infiltrate the theatre. Overhearing other dancers talk cruelly about Dratena Lena feels sorry for the childhood Dratena must have had. Flower Hat arrests Dratena, who begs her to wait two days so she can dance at the festival. Feeling sorry for her Lena helps Dratena evade arrest. Meanwhile, a festival entertainer reveals a servant of the Fairy King is sealed in the Fairy Stone, acting as an eternal guardian of Athena as long as his dreams are soothed by the dancing. Flower Hat senses a great evil from the Fairy Stone and realises she may need to rely on Lena and Dratena if Athena is to survive.
