Episode Title:
Sweet or Sour Fruit
Episode Description:
After further testing Melphiera demonstrates most of the fruit’s magic is in the seed, which is easily removed, and that the red fruits are red due to being unripe and not edible yet. They eat half the fruit and find it is the sweetest, most delicious fruit they have ever had. Melphiera saves the other half for Aristide, who was once badly poisoned by a Screamwood fruit, to show him how good it is. Aristide plays a joke on her, then apologises by revealing a Sirius wolf puppy, the symbol of Galbraith ever since the first Duke took one as a pet. He reveals the puppy was separated from its parents by another Berguignon, and once his knights find them the puppy will be returned to them. Melphiera arranges for it to be fed monster meat, which it must surely have been fed by its parents. She and Aristide also enjoy feeding each other the fruit, which Aristide enjoys immensely. Aristide reveals Blanche’s husband Galeo is the blacksmith that forged his sword. Blanche also admits her husband is stubborn, bad tempered, foul mouthed and only forges swords for those he approves of, so if Melphiera wants one of his swords she will need to impress him. Several days later Melphiera prepares for her first official appearance as Duchess of Galbraith.
