I Parry a Frog Based on evidence Rein starts preparing the country for invasion by the Deridas Empire. This includes sending Noor, Ines and Lynne to scout the Toros Mountains, though this is just a subterfuge that would allow Lynne to escape to the friendly nation of the Mithra Theocracy. Ines recalls discovering her power of Holy Shield as a child and being trained to use it by her foster father Sir Dandalg. Several times she heard him praising a man he knew called Noor and became jealous of that praise. Despite her attempt to rise above it her jealousy has only increased since meeting Noor herself. Monsters begin attacking the city while in the mountains Noor encounters a Black Death Dragon being controlled by a young Demonfolk boy...