Maid Janice introduces herself and says she knows Diana's secrets thanks to her mouse friends. Diana confronts her sword-drawing aunt; tells her that her mother has died and asks for help with a false will. She offers to invest in her guild in exchange for helping her marry Prince Cassion, gives an advance payment, and asks her to find a boy named Lebert. The deal is accepted. Diana visits Cassion and proposes marriage to him, but is rejected again.