First-Class Mage Exam On the road to Äußerst Fern and Frieren discuss the rarity of first class mages and the difficulty of obtaining the certification to become one. Fern feels uncertain that she could pass the exam, but Frieren lets her know that mana capacity is not everything and that she herself has lost eleven times to people with a lower mana capacity than herself. Elsewhere a mage named Übel is approached by three bandits, she taunts them hoping to fight but Kraft intervenes and fights them off...