Episode: 5
Princess Selene berates Elara for spoiling the terrace party. Elara drops to her knees and offers her remaining coins, but Kael swats them away. The spill exposes an old compass holding a picture of young Kael and Elara. Kael presents an ultimatum, ordering her to pick the compass or a ring worth ten thousand gold coins. Elara chooses the ring so Kael will detest her. An enraged Kael smashes the compass into fire.
Princess Selene yells at Elara for disrupting the celebration. Elara drops to her knees and offers all her coins alongside a debt bond. Kael angrily knocks the pouch away and says she can never repay him.
The dropped pouch spills open to expose a pocket compass containing a portrait of young Kael and Elara. Kael picks up the trinket and demands Elara choose between the keepsake and a ring worth ten thousand gold coins.
Elara wants Kael to despise her and leave her in the past. She deliberately selects the valuable gold ring instead of the compass, stunning Kael and leaving the gathered noble guests completely frozen in shock.
A flashback depicts Elara suffering intense chest pain from her failing heart at home. She watches her sick daughter Mia sleep, praying for the girl to heal and wishing Kael would completely forget about her.
Elara speaks coldly and mocks Kael for still holding onto their past. Convinced she only desires wealth, an infuriated Kael violently throws the compass onto the stone floor, where it shatters into bright flames.
“You could never repay what you owe me.”
“Ring or compass. Choose.”
“I choose the ring.”
“Then there's no reason to keep this anymore.”
Kael stands over the burning remains of their shattered keepsake, convinced Elara cares only about riches. Elara holds the ten-thousand-gold ring while concealing her agonizing condition and her real motives. Will Kael punish her further in front of his guests, or will Elara escape before her failing crystal heart gives out?