**In a mansion, Vertez is in his study room looking through the papers**
Vertez: Hm...well, since trying to persuade Ariea to come back to me has failed because of that stupid black dragon emperor guy..perhaps it's time to take a different tactic...*flips the pages until he stops at one as he smirks* Aha! This is perfect. If I can somehow upgrade my weapon to a much higher level than his gauntlet, that should be enough to overpower him..then Ariea will have no choice but to accept my offer. *holds the glass of champagne in his hand* And pretty soon, her hidden powers will also be mine.
**Meanwhile**
**Somewhere far away from the mansion is an open field, with two girls standing on the grass**
???:*softly turls her hair* Do you think that Master is being a little...I don't know...off today?
???:*looks at her* Hm? What do you mean?
???: Well, um...it's just that..normally he's always obsessed about that Ariea girl. *looks at a direction* I'm just starting to wonder if...he even cares about us at all..
???: Honestly, I don't even care if he does or not. I'm only going along with his ridiculous plan just for amusement.
???:...*looks down a little sadly*