With his victory over Guiche, Saito has become popular among commoners and several nobles. Siesta and the commoners, who now call him "Our Sword" secretly feed Saito as Louise is withholding food as his new punishment. He also learns why people call her "Zero". To add to his troubles Kirche, a noble from Germania, has chosen him as her next boyfriend. In a devious plan, she attempts to seduce him, although this fails when Louise finds out. After considering Saito's hidden talent with a sword, Louise drags him to town to buy him a sword. Kirche matches Louise's gift with a more impressive sword, which causes more conflict between Saito and Louise. Louise's sword later reveals itself to be the talking sword Derflinger.