Overview

• Yamato’s cover story spotlights her meeting with Kiku, who now serves as the daimyo of Ringo.
• Flashbacks depict King Harald rescuing Ida from a circus by razing the town, only to be reprimanded when Ida defends the townspeople’s kindness.
• Harald brings Ida to Elbaf, reforms the kingdom and cements his ties with the World Government to secure his rule.
• Elbaf’s elders block Harald’s marriage to Ida and choose Estridd instead, who abandons newborn Loki after recoiling at his slit-like eyes.
• The chapter concludes with baby Loki emerging in the Underworld and climbing the Adam Tree in an effort to return to the castle.