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Heinkel Astrea, a former Vice-Commander labeled the "Sword Apostate," attempts to infiltrate Lugunica's royal castle alongside Royal Selection candidates Filore and Felt. They are intercepted by Marcos Gildark, the colossal Commander of the Royal Guard known as "The Boulder." Seeking to protect Filore and Felt from treason charges, Heinkel tries to take the blame, but he is paralyzed by fear. Marcos, deeply contemptuous of Heinkel’s history of cowardice and neglect, brutally beats him, fracturing his bones, shattering his face, and crushing his right hand. Despite his horrific injuries and a lack of conscious will to fight, Heinkel's left hand instinctively draws his sword, spurred by memories of cherished voices from his past. He delivers a desperate strike to Marcos's neck, but Marcos's stone-crust skin deflects the blade, and Marcos delivers a final, crushing blow. Filore leaps to shield Heinkel, declaring him her true knight, while Felt uses the distraction to free Emilia. Ram and Marcos then reveal a shocking truth: they are accomplices acting on Roswaal's prior instructions. Marcos had already planned to smuggle Emilia and Felt out of the castle. He had minimized the guards, while Ram altered the floor's magic-suppression array to silence the corridor. Heinkel and Marcos’s brutal battle was a tragic misunderstanding between allies. Filore uses her non-magic healing "Sacrament" to stabilize Heinkel's shattered body. Fully committed to deserting his post, Marcos slings Heinkel over his shoulder. The expanded group—comprising Emilia, Felt, Filore, Ram, Marcos, and the recovering Heinkel—leaves the castle together, resolved to rendezvous with Subaru.
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