OverviewAnne has challenged Hugh to a competition. She tries to think of a motif that might delight Noah, who still loves and misses Lord Herbert. When the time comes, Noah looks at the sugar confections before him and the one he quickly takes in his hand is…Our TakeAnne and Hugh present their confections as Anne makes a batch of the House Chamber crest, while Hugh makes a confection out of chess pieces of the game Noah used to play with Herbert. With Noah’s strong reaction to the crest, he eats Anne’s confection and Anne wins the challenge. Hugh explains that he tried to make the crest one time, but destroyed it because he is in service to the crown and that crest is considered taboo, while Anne responds by telling Hugh that what she makes is all about the recipient. While Anne rests alongside Noah, Bridget goes to see Gladus, who has taken Hugh’s confection and eats it. Gladus explains to Bridget that he used her to infiltrate the workshop to replenish his strength. In response, Bridget crushes his wing, but he is unaffected since the wing belongs to different fairy. Gladus goes out to meet Challe and explains to him that his fairy name is Lafalle fenn Lafalle and he was born from the opal that originated from the same sword forgotten by time that Challe was born from. Lafalle explains the three stones were chosen specifically with the hope that something would be born from them by the sword’s master. Lafalle demands that Challe joins him to fight back against the humans, but Challe refuses. Lafalle reveals that he is that red-haired fairy that attacked Elliot and will take Anne away from Challe by force. Challe rushes over to protect Anne before Lafalle gets to her.Overall, this was definitely one of the best episodes of the season. It was some good closure for this segment with Noah and Lord Herbert, as well as the competition between Ann and Hugh. I appreciate how she knows she “didn’t really win” out of ability but more because of a technicality and then the second half was super tense and so well animated. On the subject, the fairy was indeed the red haired one that attacked before, and we get his true name. Hopefully the last four episodes will improve upon what we’ve seen so far.