After the parade ceremony, Macken and Fred officially start the alliance negotiations. Fred makes one final condition: He won't let the daughter of the enemy marry into the Royal Family of the Future ally. This means that if Macken wants to ally with Austrang, he's going to have to cancel his engagement to Celia. Macken is all, "Gee, that's cool, but I don't want to marry a girl who's not my daughter." He's also not going to let the third prince marry the third princess of France, so he has to ask Celia to marry him instead. Celia says she's fine, and Macken tells her that he'll take her to the army camp in a couple of days. They've had a few "twi and turns," Macken says, but they've been able to gain some influence from the engagement. He hopes to show his sincerity in fighting alongside Aumang. He also says that he knows that Aumerang has made a lot of mistakes, but that just like him, he also has a lot to prove in this fight.