After allies vow revenge for those who bullied Natalia, the episode opens with a warm family meal where little Natalia is doted on by her grandmother. Their comfort is interrupted when townspeople arrive with children snatched by traffickers and beg for help. Natalia delivers her card to officials and orders the magistrate to properly care for the rescued kids. Before the rescue can proceed, Lady Beverly brings urgent news: the Duke is coughing up blood. Natalia is taken to see her father, leaving the children's fate uncertain as she rushes away.