Welkin and Alicia are invited to attend an award ceremony at the Royal Palace with Faldio, Ramal and Isara back at Randgriz. Meanwhile, Selvaria and Jaeger infiltrate the ceremony under the guise of a rich couple from overseas. During the banquet, Faldio and Welkin are receive commendations from Princess Cordelia for their action in taking back Vasel and Kloden from the Imperial forces. Jaegar encounters Alicia outside the banquet hall, giving her a friendly warning. Alicia informs Welkin and Faldio of the presence of the Imperials Generals in the Royal Palace. After Cordelia returns to her quarters to rest, she is mysteriously abducted by an unknown assailant. When Alicia gets lost in the castle, she sees Cordelia being kidnapped but is knocked unconscious and gets kidnapped as well on Prime Minister Maurits von Borg's orders.