Yuri! Where've
you been?!

I got an invitation to the castle and
had the most marvelous time.

Of all the... And who's the young lady?

Pleased to meet you.
I'm Estellise.

The pleasure is all mine, Miss.

Er, more importantly, about those Imperial Knights.

They've been so busy looking for you, they haven't
paid any attention to our fiasco down here.

So you've really managed to tick them off, huh?

It looks that way. Has
Repede come back yet?

Sure did, and he was
carrying some bag.

What happened to it?

It should be up
in your room.

Go pick it up later. Give it
a shake. It has a nice jingle
to it. Mordio liked it too.

You met Mr. Mordio?

Yeah, but the rat left town.
Apparently he's someone important
from a city called Aspio.

...Left town? Then that means...
we've been hoodwinked.

Afraid so. His house was empty, and
I doubt he's even a real noble.

...I see.

Looks like the aque
blastia's finally stopped
leaking water.

Well, without a core
it won't budge.

Is there enough water
for the time being?

Yeah, but it won't last long.
After that, we'll just get it from
the river. Get the runs, though.

And the Knights aren't going
to help. Guess I'll go get it
back from the thief myself.

What? You aren't thinking
of following Mordio beyond
the barrier, are ya?

Don't worry.
I'll be back before
you know it.

Humph.
Who's worried?

It's a good opportunity for ya.
No need for ya to hurry back here.

Huh? What do you mean by that?

What I mean is, we can get
along just fine without you.

Even Flynn used to say,
“I wonder how long Yuri
plans on living this life.”

Flynn needs to learn to mind his own business.