In their Tamneki suite, Euyn paces while Mikail lounges on a couch, unnervingly calm. Euyn presses Mikail about where he has been and what “final arrangements” for tomorrow mean, then asks outright whether Mikail is setting the group up. Mikail denies it, but Euyn cannot read him and grows more convinced that someone in the crew is deceiving the others.

Euyn returns to the unresolved question of the palace assassin who was killed earlier, pushing Mikail for answers. Mikail insists they do not know who hired the assassin and argues that the assassin was double-crossed rather than the team. Euyn mentally weighs the others’ alibis—especially Ty’s—and spirals through conflicting possibilities, but Mikail refuses to escalate into coercion, saying torturing the group would only fracture them.

Mikail shifts the focus to a larger political threat: King Joon’s apparent murder of Dal. Euyn recognizes the timing benefits Joon because Dal will be burned without deep investigation, and Dal’s eight-year-old heir makes it easy for Joon to install a regent who can seize power. Euyn asks after Quilimar, and Mikail confirms there is no change, leaving that situation unresolved.

When the others arrive for dinner, Euyn forces a normal demeanor while privately questioning Mikail’s motives for betraying the king who elevated him. Euyn also admits to a deep fear of dying tomorrow and of having personal shame exposed, yet feels trapped into continuing because backing out without explanation would make Euyn look like a traitor.

Over a toast to Euyn as future king and to Joon’s death, the group talks about what each person will do after the assassination. Mikail jokes about becoming “king consort,” then claims he will continue as spymaster and protector; Ty predicts little will change beyond Sora and Daysum’s freedom and admits he needs to decide what he wants, pointedly looking at Sora. Aeri reveals Mikail offered her half a million, plans to pay Royo a hundred thousand, and hopes to build a life with her father; Royo intends to use his share to free an innocent prisoner and asks Euyn to reverse Joon’s edict, which Euyn promises to do, hoping the plan succeeds.