Episode Title:
The Blood-Mad Duke's Intentions
Episode Description:
Mullan notices there is a private door between Aristide and Melphiera’s bedrooms. Aristide worries about the Berguignons, which have never pursued prey in so determined a manner before. Aristide decides the pack leader must have gone insane from excess magic. Chaos arrives to yell at Aristide for not introducing Melphiera to her official maids; Chaos’ own mother Mrs Lafourge, Mrs Jourdan the wife of a senior knight, and Mullan’s sister Mrs Serreau. Chaos and Aristide assign Mullan to the Blanche Corps to protect Melphiera and forbid him from revealing it was Melphiera that constructed the explosion spell. With the details decided, Chaos decides to beat them up for having Zanas for breakfast at Fort Ritterd without him. Aristide is forced to deal with the surviving Burgiognons and at Melphiera’s request promises to bring back fruit from a Screamwood Tree monster, as she heard a rumour Aristide ate it once and hated it whereas Mullan supposedly enjoyed it. Aristide doesn’t return for three days but when he does, he presents Melphiera with Screamwood fruit, some red and some black. Melphiera discovers the red is from a living tree, having a foul smell and sour taste, while the black is from a dead tree and contains high levels of insanity causing magic. Removing the magic like normal renders the fruit safe to eat and pleasantly sweet.
