Fernando returns to the imperial capital burdened with protecting Leonardo's peace and the existence of the supreme staff. Before King Aldous III, the arrogant Lord Vane, and the warlike General Roderick, the Court Mage presents a false report: he attributes the magical surge to the collapse of a Crystal Bear and declares the southern forest a Restriction Zone. Pressed by Roderick's suspicion and Vane's bureaucratic traps, Fernando uses the disguised staff to emit an arcane pulse that destroys the instruments of an auditing party. Terrified, the bureaucrats and official scouts register the area as an extremely dangerous terrain. Meanwhile, oblivious to the intrigues, Leonardo builds an advanced water wheel irrigation system out of Titanium-Steel to optimize his farm. Fernando celebrates the tactical victory with the young hunter: the kingdom's bureaucracy now works in favor of Leonardo's isolation, securing the peace of the land over a roasted salmon feast.