Bel awakens once again on Firstflower. Frustrated by her past deaths, she resolves to uncover the true nature of the mysterious summoner she glimpsed in the library’s restricted section. After deliberately failing the Grand Order exam to avoid attention, she trails the wood-elf scholar through the streets of Mor’Koc, hiding in shadows and overhearing snatches of conversation. She watches as he and his accomplice deliver supplies to hidden chambers beneath the city. When she follows him later that night, she discovers he is a blood elf called Ka'zael in league with a seductive Succubus. The pair ambush her in an alley; the succubus plunges a dagger into Bel’s ribs and leaves her bleeding on the cobblestones. As she dies, the month resets again, she once again awakens in her own bed, now grimly aware of the threat facing the city.