Tachibana and Mimori watch as Kazuma easily defeats his opponent in the arena. In the new village, Ryuho befriends the people having given them freedom. Additionally, he connects with Kanami who constanstly asks him if he remembers Kazuma. Back in the arena, Kazuma rebukes Mimori and Tachibana's questions about Ryuho or Kanami, and decides leave. He gives all the money he won to a child who has been mistreated by the others, but still fears Kanami will die due to their connections in the same way as a Kimishima. HOLY gets closer to the new village but Scheris is confronted by Ryuho as an enemy.