The boy, recognized as Albus, accepts his defeat and joins Zero and the Mercenary on their trip. When they stop at a nearby spring to rest, Albus spots a ring in the water and decides to keep it. As the three head to a nearby village, a farmer gives them each a tomato and the mayor shows them to their lodge. The villagers hostilely accuse Albus of stealing the ring from a granny with a long braid, but Albus responds by defending an infamous witch named Sorena, who was burned at the stake for using sorcery...