At a public grading ceremony Reed Lane is called up and, to everyone's shock, his assessment triggers a celestial sign: he is declared SSS-Rank. Officials and classmates react in awe, calling his future immeasurable. Immediately, Feralkin owners swarm him with contract offers—one touts a Sting Maiden—while onlookers speculate about Jane, who had boasted earlier. Jane tries to assert a claim, calling Reed her boyfriend, but Reed and others flatly say, "We are already broken up." Now Reed is thrust into competing offers and must decide whether to contract a Feralkin, a choice left unresolved.