At a tense confrontation, Sophie insists on attending the Legacy Banquet with her mother, despite others insulting them as unworthy and sickly. The conflict escalates when a cruel woman violently threatens them, vowing neither will survive the encounter. Witnesses offer to help Sophie and her mother, but the attacker reveals herself as a princess, silencing all opposition by asserting her authority. She cruelly commands that Sophie and her mother be tortured until they regret their existence, leaving their fate grimly uncertain as the princess decides whether to spare their lives.