Vincent rebukes Oraya for making herself vulnerable to Raihn, arguing that trusting a Rishan is reckless even if she needs an ally for the Halfmoon trial. Oraya defends the alliance as a practical choice after her injury, but Vincent’s reaction makes her suspect that tensions outside the Kejari are worsening. When Oraya presses him for information, Vincent refuses to explain and insists that her only job is to survive the competition.

The conversation turns more personal when Oraya blurts out that she came to Vincent for help and he was not there. Vincent goes cold at the challenge, reminding Oraya that everything he has given her was meant to make her worthy of survival. Realizing she has pushed too far, Oraya apologizes, and Vincent eventually softens enough to tell her that he would have come if he could. The exchange reveals both Oraya’s dependence on Vincent and the limits of what he will say or show openly.

Vincent then makes his priorities explicit: Oraya must win. He briefly touches her face, an unusually tender gesture, before returning to hard practicality. He permits Oraya to keep Raihn as an ally, but warns her never to trust him, insisting that Raihn will kill her the moment she exposes weakness. Vincent gives Oraya another vial of healing potion and tells her to guard it because more may be hard to obtain, hinting that conditions beyond the tournament are becoming more dangerous.

On the way back to the Moon Palace, Oraya encounters no one, but she feels watched in the predawn streets and hurries inside. The uneasy sensation reinforces her sense that the Kejari is not truly sealed off from outside threats.

When Oraya returns to the apartment at dawn, Raihn is waiting by the window and asks where she has been. Oraya refuses to answer, and the two trade sharp, flirtatious insults that show their alliance is still built on distrust. Raihn tells Oraya they will begin training the next day to prepare for the next trial, forcing her to confront how little time she has to recover and how risky close cooperation with him will be. After noticing Raihn standing in the growing sunlight and learning it only hurts him a little so far, Oraya barricades her room and falls asleep dreaming of gods, trials, and betrayal.