The Rural Academic Star - Episode 3

A rural youth asks his father to attend St. Anne, Veridia's elite school. Dad agrees only if he studies like Zack. Eva resists, warning that a countryside boy will bring trouble. Tensions spike when Theo, who insists he's an outsider with no blood ties, threatens to leave and someone blurts that Zack's parents switched the two and that he is the real son. Family members accuse Theo of staging the drama to force loyalty; they suspect his suitcase is empty. The episode ends on the order, "Open it and we'll know," leaving his departure and the identity question unresolved.