In a society gathering, a nobleman publicly labels Elena as mad for investing in mines and associating with dwarves, announcing plans for a mental evaluation to seize her assets. Elena defiantly retorts by suggesting he audit his own disastrous finances first. Later, she instructs her associate Tom to secretly move her coal stocks to a hidden warehouse via dwarf trails, avoiding the Duke's patrols, as a severe blizzard is predicted to hit that very night, causing temperatures to plummet. The episode ends as the cold wave begins, with Elena poised for its arrival.