Marilyn returns to her mother's forge with the damaged Dragon Sword and asks Master Lever to repair it. Locals scoff: Harlem and a proud top-50 forger mock the idea that a scrap collector working at the forge could handle such a blade. Marilyn insists the scrap picker can help, and Lever calmly accepts the job, assigning the scrap man rough work while he focuses on the Dragon Sword. A rival warns that ordinary rods will fade the blade's red luster and crack its surface. The episode ends with the sword entrusted to Lever and that warning hanging over the repair's outcome.