Recaps

The fifth episode of Yes, Prime Minister satirized MPs and exposed how senior Victorian civil servants arranged a large pay raise for themselves. As the episode ended, Vina warned that Victoria’s corrupt civil service had other ways to enrich itself, leaving viewers braced for further revelations.

• Clovicia and Frost told Alda that the Self-Rescue Army could not attack the guarded hotel where Chen Qi’s production crew was staying, so they would gather intelligence while watching the show.
• Theresis’s Hacker mocked MPs as corrupt and overpaid, and Vina admitted to Amiya that the criticism was largely true.
• The Bloodborne Archon and Frank devised a civil servant pay-raise plan that would increase their own salaries by roughly 43 percent, while Manfred’s Bernard repeatedly undercut them and Theresis.
• Theresis temporarily approved the plan after requiring a neutral committee, but the Archon and Frank explained how they would bury the details in lengthy documents and secure approval, provoking alarm among viewers.
• Snow Pheasant was stunned by the proposed raises, while Kal'tsit and Vina feared that the episode would make Victorian civil servants resent Chen Qi.
• Vina told Amiya that Victorian officials still had other ways to raise their salaries and said the civil service needed thorough reform.

Vina and her allies watched episode six of Yes, Prime Minister, which mocked Victoria’s diplomacy and revealed the government’s role in partitioning neighboring regions. The episode left Vina and others stunned by how openly it exposed Victoria’s buried history, while Ablana grew curious about the person behind the broadcast.

• Vina asked Kal'tsit when Rhodes Island could travel to Londinium, and Kal'tsit said they needed at least another week before sending an elite squad to rescue Chen Qi and his crew.
• Chen told Wei Yenwu she planned to go to Londinium with Lin Yuxia to save Talulah, Chen Qi, and the others, and Wei Yenwu urged her to return safely.
• Vina, Kal'tsit, and Wei Yenwu watched episode six satirize Victoria’s diplomatic inaction, as Theresis called for justice but backed down when Humphrey suggested fighting Ursus.
• Ablana watched the broadcast in Little Hill County and told Lavshini she wanted to learn what talent Londinium’s Regent had acquired.
• The Bloodborne Archon and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs secretary revealed that Victoria had deliberately partitioned regions such as Sargon, Rim Billiton, Old Tara, and Columbia to keep them fighting among themselves.

As Yes, Prime Minister exposed Victoria’s secretive diplomatic practices and its four-stage strategy for avoiding action, Victoria’s dukes cut the broadcast across the realm. After learning that Chen Qi wrote the show, Ablana decided to travel to Londinium to recruit him for the Tara cause.

• On television, Humphrey and the Foreign Affairs secretary mocked politicians’ ignorance and explained how the Ministry controlled diplomatic policy with choices designed to steer the Foreign Minister.
• The officials revealed Victoria’s four-stage crisis strategy: deny anything happened, argue against action, claim nothing could be done, then say it was too late.
• Ablana recorded the show’s revelations, while Kal’tsit warned Vina that Theresis was using the program to weaken Victorians’ confidence in their country.
• After the broadcast showed Victoria refusing aid to the Euricca Autonomous Region, the dukes cut the signal in every Victorian city except Londinium, convincing viewers the exposed practices were true.
• Mandragora reported that Achfeni had identified Chen Qi as the screenwriter, and Ablana decided to go to Londinium with Lavshini to recruit him.

After Victoria banned Yes, Prime Minister, its recordings spread across borders, and the show’s influence unsettled Ursus enough for its rulers to outlaw it and target Chen Qi. The chapter ends with Yan officials urgently reviewing the finances of the mobile cities and Six Ministries at the Emperor’s command.

• Alda and Clovicia agreed that Chen Qi had to be stopped before his work shattered Victoria.
• Victoria’s dukes banned Yes, Prime Minister after its diplomatic satire aired, but protests and copied recordings helped the show spread beyond Victoria.
• General Winter watched the forbidden series in an Ursus school warehouse, realized the grim meaning behind its satire about the Infected, and was arrested by the Ursus Provost Department.
• The Ursus Empire outlawed Yes, Prime Minister, threatened Victoria with diplomatic and military retaliation, and secretly ordered Chen Qi hunted down when an opportunity arose.
• Yan’s officials began a major review of the finances of its mobile cities and Six Ministries, while the Grand Tutor warned them not to conceal discrepancies.

Chen Qi learned from Koschei that Theresis was unlikely to let the crew leave Londinium after their television drama drew international attention, so Koschei advised him to seek help from Theresia. Theresia regained her awareness and began messaging Chen Qi, asking him to explain the changed world and their situation.

• The Grand Tutor recalled how the Emperor of Yan watched "Yes, Prime Minister" and ordered investigations into government finances after the drama prompted him to question the Ministry of Revenue.
• Talulah, Patriot, FrostNova, and Alina warned Chen Qi that Theresis had increased the guards around the crew and that the Londinium Residents' Self-Rescue Army might see them as Sarkaz allies.
• Chen Qi reassured the crew about his own safety and asked Talulah to protect members who could not fight, while Alina questioned whether Theresis would honor his promise to let them leave.
• Koschei told Chen Qi that Theresis would not let him leave Londinium and that foreign powers might pursue him, then advised him to ask Theresia for help while Theresis's Confessors watched Chen Qi instead.
• Theresia regained control of herself, messaged Chen Qi, and asked how he had revived her and what had happened in Terra while she was dead.

Theresia advised Chen Qi to honor his Blood Pact with Theresis and build a trusting friendship so the Sarkaz Regent would protect the Art Troupe and eventually let them leave Londinium. As Theresis’s court debated whether Chen Qi should stay or go, a landship from Lungmen arrived with people claiming to be his friends, and Theresis ordered Chen Qi to meet them outside the city gates under surveillance.

• Theresia thanked Chen Qi for helping the Sarkaz and agreed to keep talking with him, then advised him to fulfill his Blood Pact duties and earn Theresis’s trust rather than flee Londinium.
• Theresia privately hoped to keep Chen Qi as a friend and recruit his talents to help the Sarkaz change their image and integrate into society.
• Chen Qi resolved to finish filming Yes, Prime Minister and rely on Theresis’s protection while avoiding commitment to the Sarkaz war.
• The Bloodborne Archon argued that Theresis should keep Chen Qi in Londinium and use city forces to pressure him, while Manfred and Hedley objected that this would violate the Blood Pact.
• The Confessor reported that a landship from Lungmen had arrived with Chen Qi’s friends, and Theresis ordered Chen Qi to meet them outside the gates while their conversation was recorded.

Chen Qi rejected Rhodes Island’s escape plan and urged everyone to trust Theresis’s Blood Pact, prompting Theresis to order the Sarkaz to let the Integrated Cultural Troupe leave after the final two episodes of Yes, Prime Minister. As Londinium and several waiting factions prepared for the broadcast and the troupe’s departure, Rhodes Island agreed to wait before attempting a rescue.

• Chen Huijie and Lin Yuxia met Chen Qi and Talulah outside Londinium, then gave Chen Qi a plan to escape with Rhodes Island’s help.
• Chen Qi returned the escape plan and asked Chen Huijie and Lin Yuxia to wait one week, explaining that he trusted Theresis to honor their Blood Pact.
• After hearing Chen Qi’s words, Theresis ordered the Sarkaz to cooperate with the final two episodes and escort Chen Qi and the troupe out afterward without interference or pursuit.
• Londinium’s citizens and Sarkaz reacted to the approaching end of Yes, Prime Minister, and the city grew tense as the final episodes neared.
• ACE, Scout, Logos, Vina, and Chen Huijie discussed the risks aboard a Rhodes Island landship and agreed to wait until the day after the broadcast before pursuing their rescue plan.
• Other forces gathered near Londinium and watched Yes, Prime Minister, preparing to act when Chen Qi’s group attempted to leave.

As Chen Qi’s “Yes, Prime Minister” drew factions across Terra into watching, the drama mocked Victoria’s diplomacy and exposed a cynical appointment scheme involving the Laterano Church’s Victoria diocese. It left the Pope of Laterano furious at the Church’s portrayal while rival forces continued preparing for Chen Qi’s departure from Londinium.

• Ablana, the Self-Rescue Army, and five Emperor’s Blades paused their plans around Londinium to watch the final episodes of “Yes, Prime Minister.”
• Theresia’s government discussed a Victoria nurse imprisoned in Iberia, and Humphrey defended doing nothing while declaring that heartless men defeated brainless ones.
• Ablana took Humphrey’s words as an affirmation of her own ruthless methods and grew more confident about winning Chen Qi over.
• Manfred explained that Theresia’s choice for a vacant Laterano bishopric was rigged, prompting the Pope of Laterano to react angrily to the drama’s jokes about the Church and its bishops.
• The Bloodborne Archon revealed that the bishop candidates represented a sham choice and joked that the Lord was not in a hurry to summon elderly bishops, further enraging the Pope.

The Pope watched Yes, Prime Minister expose corruption and political maneuvering in Victoria’s Church, then ordered an internal review and considered sending Notary Office personnel to Londinium. As Rhodes Island and Vina waited anxiously, the final episode remained to air.

• The Bloodborne Archon mocked the Church’s political influence as the show portrayed Victoria’s bishops as tools of political bargaining.
• The Pope recognized that the episode could damage Laterano’s reputation and ordered senior officials to meet, churches abroad to be inspected, and Victoria’s diocese to face possible withdrawal.
• The Pope summoned a Pontiff Knight to locate Notary Office personnel near Londinium, considering whether Laterano should protect Chen Qi.
• Kal’tsit and Chen Huijie felt the episode’s impact was limited, but Vina warned that Chen Qi might save his biggest revelation for the final episode.

Ablana’s study of Yes, Prime Minister strengthened her ambition to become Victoria’s Empress, and she decided Chen Qi was essential to her plans. As the final episode began, its revelation that Victoria’s former Intelligence Department director had spied for Ursus—and that Humphrey Appleby had led the investigation that cleared him—left viewers wondering whether Humphrey was implicated.

• Ablana concluded that Laterano would avoid intervening in Victoria and imagined reclaiming the country as its Empress, with Chen Qi as the key to legitimizing her rule.
• Ablana noticed Lavshini and smiled at the prospect of having her sister by her side as Deep Pool and other factions watched the final episode.
• TheresIs dismissed the possibility of rescuing Benji, a Perro trapped in an artillery range, because the rescue would cost too much.
• Kal'tsit agreed to Amiya’s bet that Benji would be saved, while Amiya hoped to ask for Kal'tsit’s help improving Rhodes Island if she won.
• Victoria’s Intelligence Department director told TheresIs that former director John Horst had passed government information to Ursus and that someone had covered up the failed investigation.
• The intelligence director identified Humphrey Appleby as the secretary who handled the investigation, shocking viewers and raising fears that Humphrey might be implicated.

Theresis exposed the Bloodborne Archon’s negligent handling of a security investigation after revealing that the former Intelligence Director had been an Ursus spy. The Bloodborne Archon tried to defend himself, but Theresis ended by threatening to put him on gardening leave, which he feared would damage his reputation.

• The Intelligence Director and Theresis treated Humphrey’s possible espionage as gross negligence and considered putting him on gardening leave, while Vina felt embarrassed by Victoria’s scandals being broadcast.
• The Bloodborne Archon explained that the public cared more about a missing Perro than military spending, and Vina said ordinary citizens focused on matters that affected their daily lives.
• Theresis asked the Bloodborne Archon about the former Intelligence Director, and the Bloodborne Archon confidently described the security investigation he had led.
• Theresis revealed that Sir John had been an Ursus spy, then cited evidence the Bloodborne Archon had overlooked, including Sir John’s long-term proximity to an interpreter who was also a spy.
• The Bloodborne Archon made excuses and denied collusion, but Theresis asked about his garden and left him pleading to avoid gardening leave.

As the finale of Yes, Prime Minister aired, viewers laughed at the Bloodborne Archon’s exchange with Arnold, while Vina worried about her ability to govern Victoria. Theresis abandoned his military spending cuts after the costly Perro rescue, and Chen Huijie’s group wondered whether he would still release Chen Qi the next day.

• The Bloodborne Archon asked Arnold for advice, and the King of Scavengers appeared as Arnold, prompting Kal'tsit to realize that Londinium had two Royal Court-level combatants.
• The King of Scavengers advised the Bloodborne Archon to make himself indispensable to Theresis, so the Bloodborne Archon arranged an expensive Perro rescue to discourage military spending cuts.
• Amiya celebrated that the Perro could be saved, while Kal'tsit returned to find the plot had moved on and struggled to catch up.
• Theresis learned the rescue cost three hundred thousand Victoria gold coins and compromised on his military spending cuts after the Bloodborne Archon warned that the bill would damage his reputation.
• Vina and Lin Yuxia hoped Yes, Prime Minister would get a sequel, while Chen Huijie suspected Chen Qi had ended it to fulfill the Blood Pact.
• Logos worried that Theresis might refuse to release Chen Qi after recognizing his talent, and the group agreed that the show could serve Theresis’s ambitions for Victoria.

Chen Qi and the Integrated Cultural Troupe prepared to leave Londinium, expecting Rhodes Island, Deep Pool, and Ursus forces to confront them outside the city. Theresis arrived with a massive Sarkaz escort, while Theresia hoped his protection would bind Chen Qi’s future to the Sarkaz.

• Chen Qi warned the troupe that hostile factions awaited them beyond Londinium and instructed everyone to follow Rhodes Island if a fight broke out.
• Koschei told Talulah that Deep Pool and five Imperial Guards were waiting outside the city and urged her to protect Chen Qi from being captured or lured away.
• Talulah vowed to protect Chen Qi as she and Koschei sensed an approaching army.
• Theresis arrived with the Bloodborne Archon, the King of Scavengers, and a large Sarkaz force, then declared that he and his soldiers would escort the troupe out of Londinium.
• Chen Qi realized Theresis had brought nearly half of Londinium’s combat strength as an escort, while Theresia watched and hoped Chen Qi would become a friend and ally of the Sarkaz.

Theresis brought Chen Qi and a vast Sarkaz force to meet Kal'tsit, Rhodes Island, Deep Pool, and the Ursus Emperor's Blades, declaring Chen Qi a friend of the Sarkaz and urging the other factions to reconsider their plans. He freed the Londinium Residents' Self-Rescue Army and challenged the Emperor's Blades' accusations against Yes, Prime Minister before presenting the Royal Court Covenant.

• Kal'tsit led Rhodes Island's reinforcements to join Chen Huijie's group, and they detected Deep Pool forces and five Emperor's Blades approaching.
• Theresis arrived beside Chen Qi with a vast Sarkaz legion and declared that he had come to see his friend off, not to make war.
• Theresis summoned the hidden Deep Pool forces and Emperor's Blades to witness the gathering, while Ablana fixed a greedy gaze on Chen Qi and Talulah moved to protect him.
• Theresis presented the captured Londinium Residents' Self-Rescue Army, and the Bloodborne Archon freed them so Vina could take them to safety.
• Theresis challenged the Emperor's Blades' claim that Yes, Prime Minister insulted Ursus, using the episode-four script to argue that it satirized Victoria instead.
• The King of Scavengers displayed the Royal Court Covenant, which Theresis said had once united the Sarkaz royal courts against their common enemies.

Theresis gave Chen Qi the Royal Court Covenant and declared him a friend of all Sarkaz, binding the troupe to Sarkaz protection. As conflict threatened to resume, Mostima and Fiamma arrived to announce Laterano’s decision about its Victoria diocese.

• Theresis presented Chen Qi with the Royal Court Covenant and proclaimed him the friend of all Sarkaz.
• Chen Qi accepted the relic, gaining the Sarkaz’s allegiance and activating the system’s Treasury function.
• Theresis warned the Ursus Imperial Guards not to attack Chen Qi, while Kal'tsit and Ablana prepared for the threat of renewed fighting.
• Mostima and Fiamma arrived on Laterano’s behalf and asked the factions to pause their conflict.
• Mostima announced that Laterano had investigated its Victoria diocese and found its religious mission corrupted by political and financial interests.

Mostima withdrew Laterano’s churches from Victoria and presented Chen Qi with a silver hand cannon as a token of friendship, prompting Theresis to assert the Sarkaz’s claim on him. When Ursus’s Imperial Guards still threatened Chen Qi, Theresis bluffed that he held the script for Yes, Prime Minister Season Two, forcing them to reconsider their mission.

• Mostima announced that Laterano would withdraw its churches from Victoria and thanked Chen Qi for exposing corruption in his works.
• Mostima gave Chen Qi a silver hand cannon, and Theresis declared that Chen Qi was already a friend of the Sarkaz.
• Mostima argued that Chen Qi could be friends with both races, while the Bloodborne Archon rejected reconciliation between the Sarkaz and Sarkaz.
• Mostima warned Deep Pool and Ursus against harming Chen Qi; Ablana withdrew Deep Pool’s threat, but the five Imperial Guards insisted on carrying out their orders.
• Theresis privately asked Chen Qi to play along, then claimed he held the script for Yes, Prime Minister Season Two and threatened Ursus with the fallout of its revelations.
• The Imperial Guards halted, and Chen Qi recognized that Theresis was using the nonexistent script to deter Ursus and protect him and his crew.

Theresis used the threat of producing and spreading a second season of "Yes, Prime Minister" to force the Imperial Guards and Kal'tsit to let Chen Qi leave Londinium unharmed. At the border, Chen Qi and Theresis parted as friends, and Chen Qi departed with the Sarkaz's support while Rhodes Island realized it could no longer control or protect him.

• Theresis threatened to release the second season of "Yes, Prime Minister" and warned that the Sarkaz would retaliate against anyone who harmed Chen Qi.
• Kal'tsit ordered Rhodes Island, Deep Pool, and the Imperial Guards to clear the way for Chen Qi's group to leave.
• Mostima told Fiamma that Chen Qi remained free to work for anyone willing to approach him in good faith.
• Theresis accompanied Chen Qi to the border, admitted his advisers had proposed ways to keep him in Kazdel, and offered him ten crates of Oripathy suppressants.
• Chen Qi accepted only the four agreed-upon crates and asked Theresis to give the rest to Sarkaz who needed them.
• Theresis's legion fired a farewell salute as Chen Qi boarded the landship, and Kal'tsit acknowledged that Rhodes Island could only negotiate with him.

After Chen Qi gave Rhodes Island an Oripathy cure in exchange for medicine for his troupe, Indra reported that Victoria had fractured as its dukes declared independence. Kal'tsit connected the unrest to Yes, Prime Minister, and suggested Chen Qi use his influence to make a production that could prevent civil war.

• Vina and Alda calmed the Self-Rescue Army's resentment toward Chen Qi by explaining his role in saving Londinium's residents.
• Chen Qi offered Rhodes Island his Oripathy cure for research in exchange for a stable supply of inhibitors for his troupe.
• Indra rushed into the meeting and announced that Victoria had split apart.
• A Rhodes Island operator reported that Deep Pool and Duke of Wellington had led the former Taran territories to declare independence, followed by the other dukes.
• Kal'tsit explained that Yes, Prime Minister had added fuel to Victoria's unrest, while Vina accepted that the kingdom's collapse had deeper causes.
• Kal'tsit advised Chen Qi to use his fame to create a film or television drama that could help stop Victoria's civil war.

Chen Qi sought a way to delay Victoria’s impending civil war and, after hearing Vina recount how Emperor Frederick III united the country during the Four Nations War, decided to turn that history into films. Nian joined the effort and offered help with production, while Chen Qi began outlining Darkest Hour.

• Kal'tsit advised Chen Qi that Victoria’s dukes needed to lose any legitimate reason to wage war, while Vina quietly hoped he might help reunite the country.
• Chen Qi gathered the Art Troupe and proposed making productions to delay Victoria’s war, but the group struggled to find a workable subject with limited time and resources.
• Vina assured Chen Qi she did not blame him for Victoria’s division and described how Frederick III had rallied the country during its war with Gaul.
• Chen Qi decided to dramatize that history and make a film about Victoria’s darkest period under Frederick III.
• Nian arrived, offered her filmmaking assistance, and Chen Qi began explaining his plans for Darkest Hour and a second film.

Chen Qi planned to film Darkest Hour and Braveheart in Kazimierz, drawing Nian and Rhodes Island into preparations. As Kazimierz’s leaders secretly planned to invade fractured Victoria, Młynar agreed to join the production as Eric in order to protect his family and pursue his own aims.

• Chen Qi explained that Darkest Hour would rally Victoria through its history, while Braveheart would portray war’s cruelty through ordinary people’s friendships and struggles.
• Nian joined Chen Qi’s crew and went to find Xi, whose paintings could create battlefields and other production scenes.
• Chen Qi chose Kazimierz as the filming location, and Kal'tsit arranged for Rhodes Island to travel there with Nearl and FrostNova to secure permission.
• Kazimierz’s Supervision Committee learned that Chen Qi was coming and, while preparing to seize territory from Victoria alongside Ursus, ordered measures to contain his influence and keep the films from the public.
• Margaret asked Młynar to play Victoria’s emperor in Darkest Hour, but he declined and then agreed to play Eric in Braveheart, planning to leave Kazimierz with his family before war reached them.

Nian persuaded Xi to watch Yes, Prime Minister, and the two sisters joined Chen Qi’s film project. In Kazimierz, Chen Qi met the Black Knight and considered her for a role, while Jian contacted Silver Ash to invite him to act in Darkest Hour.

• Nian visited Xi in seclusion and persuaded her to watch Yes, Prime Minister, which gradually won Xi over.
• Chen Qi struggled to cast Frederick III in Darkest Hour as his group traveled to Kazimierz.
• Ioletta Russell welcomed Chen Qi’s troupe to the Grand Knight’s Dominion and introduced the Black Knight and Blood Knight as their assistants.
• Chen Qi considered the Black Knight as a possible casting choice for the emperor’s role.
• Silver Ash and Oracle discussed Victoria’s turmoil and rumors that Yes, Prime Minister had helped bring about its collapse.
• Jian called Silver Ash from Kazimierz and invited him to play an important role in Chen Qi’s film.

Chen Qi recruited Nian, Xi, and Silver Ash for his film projects while Xi asked him to use his writing to help people oppressed by Yan. As war began in the distance, Theresia wondered whether Chen Qi could stop it, while Silver Ash agreed to consider starring in Darkest Hour after Chen Qi offered business connections and asked for help promoting his works in Siracusa.

• Silver Ash agreed to travel to Kazimierz and watch Chen Qi's films before giving his final answer about playing a ruler in Darkest Hour.
• Nian brought Xi to Chen Qi's crew, where Xi demanded the remaining episodes of Yes, Prime Minister and asked Chen Qi to mock Yan and help people like them if he could do so safely.
• Theresis and Manfred discussed rebuilding Londinium and heard a distant city-defense cannon, while Theresia sensed that war had begun and wondered whether Chen Qi could stop it.
• Chen Qi met Silver Ash and offered to connect him with Sarkaz military suppliers and Rhodes Island, then asked him to help open the Siracusa market and bring the protagonist of Darkest Hour to life.

Chen Qi recruited Silver Ash and Oracle for Darkest Hour as war broke out in Victoria, and Theresia and Talulah urged him to use his films to influence Terra. He began filming the political drama in Kazimierz, where Frederick II faced pressure to abdicate.

• Silver Ash and Oracle agreed to join Darkest Hour, with Silver Ash playing Frederick III and Oracle playing Frederick II.
• Theresia told Chen Qi that Ursus, Kazimierz, and Leithania had invaded Victoria, and urged him to use his films to reach people across Terra.
• Talulah comforted Chen Qi and convinced him that his influence could deter those who might threaten the Art Troupe; Chen Qi resolved to begin filming and seek Sarkaz help with promotion.
• Chen Qi briefed the cast on the opening parliamentary scene, explaining the war and the political pressure on Frederick II to step down.
• The Art Troupe filmed the opening dispute, as the opposition called for Frederick II's abdication and Oracle watched the chamber descend into chaos.

Chen Qi continued filming Darkest Hour and prepared Braveheart, while Xi supplied a painted set and Młynar agreed to play Emil. Silver Ash’s sisters Ennya and Enshia arrived at the set to watch him act, only to find him portraying a grizzled old man.

• During a chaotic parliament scene, Chen Qi called for Patriot to separate the arguing actors, then Xi delivered a painting that could serve as Braveheart’s locations.
• Xi dismissed both films as predictable, but Nian revealed that Xi repeatedly rewatched Yes, Prime Minister and hoped Chen Qi’s films would impress her.
• Chen Qi cast Młynar as Emil and Patriot as Freddy, while Margaret and Maria volunteered for Braveheart, prompting Młynar to take them into Xi’s painting for a private discussion.
• Ennya and Enshia traveled from Siracusa with Exusiai to visit Silver Ash on the Kazimierz film set and settled in to watch his scene.
• The sisters expected Silver Ash to play a handsome, imposing emperor, but the footage revealed him lying in bed as a grizzled old man.

Ennya and Enshia watched Silver Ash portray a cranky, cigar-smoking old man and briefly hoped his elegant on-screen wife might become their sister-in-law before learning she was Warfarin. Silver Ash arranged treatment for Enshia and televisions for Siracusa, while Ennya remained distant, and the chapter ended as she approached Chen Qi.

• Ennya and Enshia watched Silver Ash lose his temper in character and worried that pressure might someday make him like the old man he portrayed.
• Warfarin played Silver Ash's elegant wife, prompting the sisters to consider asking for her contact information as a potential sister-in-law.
• Silver Ash hurried to greet Ennya and Enshia, but they recoiled from his old-age makeup and asked him to remove it.
• Warfarin introduced herself to the sisters and revealed her blood-red eyes and blunt manner, ending their hopes of matching her with Silver Ash.
• Silver Ash arranged Enshia's treatment at Rhodes Island and paid for televisions intended for Siracusa, while Ennya rejected his closeness and the smell of cigars.
• Chen Qi explained Silver Ash's burdens and ambitions to Talulah, then asked her to give him scenes to show his sisters his handsome side; afterward Ennya approached Chen Qi.