Investigators discover a female Seraphim's body bearing signs of torture, dumped in a market and posing a threat of public panic. The leader, Gabriel Elara, warns his daughters Seraphina and Aurelia to stay safe, though he laments Seraphina's disobedience. At home, another person points out Seraphina once risked her life to make medicine for Gabriel's old war wound, urging him to be kinder. As they debate forcing her return via spiritual link, Seraphina reveals she is already dead, having been killed by a demon on the day of Aurelia's recital, and her corpse is present at the scene.