Family Ars and his army continue to run from the enemy forces while Shadow hides from Jean's men, forcing them to take another route, but Ruper's wife goes into labor. They manage to narrowly avoid being spotted by the guards. Meanwhile, Ars's army has made it to the forest, but they figure that Jean was aware of their ploy. Jean decides to return to the castle as he knows of the trap that Ars has arranged, but most of his men disobey him and go after Ars's army...