Noah and his retinue return from their hunt with a very surprising quarry in tow. Preparations for the lighting of the sacred flame begin, but His Holiness is distracted by other matters. Raeliana's letter to Beatrice finally gets a response.

During a break in her purification period, Raeliana encounters His Holiness Heika, and their first meeting quickly devolves into an argument. But this only makes Heika more curious about the girl who spoke so impudently to him...

Heika tries everything he can think of to make Raeliana agree to be his disciple. He opens the seldom-opened gate to the Holy Land and summons its knights to show off his authority, and even tells Raeliana he'll be her grandpa.