At an official banquet, the powerful Tyrant's Blade is on display, signaling the imminent return of the legendary Sword Bearer. A defiant man dismisses its legend and tries to touch the sword, resulting in an immediate, severe consequence. As others reaffirm their loyalty to the absent hero, the high stakes are revealed: the acceptance or return of a family's emblem by the Sword Bearer dictates their survival or ruin. All attention shifts to Evelyn and the Carl family, who are favored as future kin to the sovereign, leaving others to anxiously await their own fate.