In Hargeon, alvarez's forces have made it to the port town, but are still standing against them. The combined strength of Lamia's magic and the mermaid's heel is trying to free it, but they are being attacked from the sky. The two of them lock on to each other, and the magic attacks come at them from the air. When they hear the attack, they run away, but the mermaid reminds them of "rundi's" magic, and they fear that they will have to "stain it crimson" if they continue to attack. The men try to calm them down by telling them that they are not enemies, but that they still have information to get from them, and that they do not want to see anyone dead. They tell him that they have "shared a bath with" him and that he does not seem like a "evil person" to them. He tells them that his mother was one of her servants, and when she retired as a wizard, she gave her three keys to her servants. She released her spirits, gave capricorn to cancer, gave spetto to san, and gave aquarius to his mother. But her mother was betrayed by layla, who stole the key and murdered her to get it. The only way he can do this is to take his life.