The following day, Lilith received news that Domr had been missing in action for a day. Until more information was found about him, she would be leading Black Rose. This information was also sent to the Faust mansion.
Liebe opened the letter and saw that it stated Domr was MIA. He showed it to Gelda and asked,
"What does MIA mean?"
Gelda panicked upon seeing the letter and didn't know what to say. She replied,
"MIA means... Managing Incredible Apples."
Liebe said,
"Wait, so Grandpa is busy collecting and managing apples?"
Gelda sheepishly replied,
"Yeah... he is. So he won't be coming home anytime soon."
Liebe asked,
"Oh, okay... and when is Daddy coming back?"
Gelda said,
"Soon."
Licht chimed in,
"Liebe, join us. Let's train in the rain. It should help."
Liebe said,
"You make it boring by evaporating the rain."
Licht replied,
"But you also cool the rainwater, so it's even."
Gelda added,
"You haven't trained in the last few weeks. Don't you love training with Licht?"
Liebe answered,
"I do, but training is boring when I don't have Mommy to tell how it went."
Gelda said,
"But if you train and grow stronger, Mommy will be happy when she comes back."
Liebe replied,
"Oh, that's true! Let's go, Licht! Train!"
Licht said,
"You got it. Let me take one of my pills first—you know, because of the rain and my allergy problem."
Liebe responded,
"Sure! By the way, can I take a look?"
Licht said,
"Sure."
Liebe looked and read,
"Sertraline (Zoloft) 50 mg pills... Interesting."
Licht said,
"Yeah," and they began to train like usual in the rain.
Meanwhile, at the northern border, Lilith said,
"Jewel, tell everyone to man their posts. Tell David and Elen to provide support to Sujibur in the east. We don't know what happened to the Captain, but all we can do is pray for his safety and carry on the fight. Regardless of whether he is killed, hanged, crucified, or tortured—we have to carry on. For him, for ourselves, for the future."
Jewel responded,
"Understood, ma'am."