Learning the fate of his brother, Orba is again seized by a thirst for revenge against the imperial general and the main culprit behind it all—Oubéri. V ilina, who witnessed Gil’s tears, doesn’t know how to behave, while Inéli arrives from the capital, doubting the true identity of the prince. Meanwhile, the young prince Ende and Eric set out with the troops against Garbera. The beginning of the war is only a matter of time, and Orba faces a difficult choice: whose interests are more important—his own or “Gila’s”?