Ms. Barrios receives a valuable item as a loan to pay for her reawakening tomorrow and promises to repay after she starts earning. In class Naomi is told to stop calling others trash and to rely on her own efforts. Andy is mocked: classmates warn a respec scroll will lower rarity and say reawakening as an A-rank dragon tamer will make him a laughingstock; they add a brother will be delayed six months. Leaving, Boden learns Erika’s grandfather is the Aurel Martial College principal; classmates panic that they offended Erika and blame Andy, setting stakes before tomorrow's reawakening.