Seeing Hector Otero von Bern's name as the creditors' representative on the debt document, the woman is devastated to learn that a massive debt remains despite her family selling their lands. She thinks her father took on more debt for the defrauded investors. On top of that, a letter arrives from the Military Academy saying her brother Lucas Hernandez's scholarship has been revoked and tuition must be paid. Left with no choice, she accepts Leopold Otero von Bern's still-valid offer and goes to his mansion, swallows her pride at being kept waiting, and they finally begin discussing the contract.