While getting along well with Luke behind the scenes, Sylphy and Ariel also continued to deepen their bonds of friendship.
However, the opening act never ends smoothly.
At that time in her life, Ariel was an extreme sadist.
She was a girl who felt a particular excitement tormenting others.
The likely cause of this was something that lingered behind after all the times she had been nearly assassinated.
At first, Ariel did small things, like ordering the maid of one of her guards to perform cleaning duties while stark naked, while others included Ariel herself severely beating an errand boy with a horse crop.
Perhaps you could call it a "love of bullying the weak".