Couran Salamakhia Ars and his subordinates are invited to Lord Couran's party, though Charlotte gets left behind. Once there, Ars sees how high his stats are, but also suspects something is amiss. Couran announces his desire to create independence and expresses gratitude to Ars for his heroic efforts. Couran later has a private talk with Ars regarding their subordinates and also decides to make him Canarre's headman. Afterwards, Ars is invited to a meeting and tasked to look for more talented people, to which Couran reveals that he knows of his abilities...