Holo, Lawrence, and Nora sit down to have dinner together, but Holo's dislike for Nora prevents her from enjoying the dinner. However, Holo falls ill due to fatigue and is forced to rest for a few days.
Instead of taking Holo to the festival as planned, Lawrence is taken by fellow merchant Gi Batos to meet Dian "Diana" Rubens, a chronicler, to learn more about Yoitsu.
In front of the Rowen Trading Guild, Amarti challenges Lawrence, proclaiming he will pay for Holo's falsified debt of one thousand Trenni silver coins and then propose to her, certain that she will leave Lawrence.
Ruzz Elingin, a representative of the Derink Trading Company, proposes to purchase Holo with sixty Lumione gold coins instead of two thousand Trenni silver coins because of their inability to procure the necessary silver, and Lawrence agrees to the deal.