Director-General Mauve of ACCA headquarters invites Jean out to dinner, where she asks him for his aid in gathering more information about a brewing coup d'état. Meanwhile, rumors of a coup had reached even the Dowan royal family. With Prince Schwan's coming of age commemorative ceremony in the works, the Five Chief Officers receive a request to attend the ceremony, as well as Jean as a representative of the Inspection Department.

In Rokkusu District for an audit, Jean finds Grossular visiting his homeland. Jean has an honest conversation with Grossular about his thoughts on the coup rumors before he departs. Back in Badon, the Inspection Department staff are abuzz with plans to celebrate the coming new year. Eventually, they decide to go to the party held at Jean's apartment complex. Jean welcomes the new year surrounded by his colleagues.

Jean's next destination happens to be Dowa District, where the royal house resides. Jean is deep in thought about the coup rumors in which he has become inextricably entwined, but there are too many variables for him to make sense of where things may be headed. Jean goes out into the city to buy Lotta presents, but it so happens that the king is also having his outing in the city, and there are many guards out on the road...

The time has come for Nino to tell Jean everything. He begins the very long tale by going 33 years back into the past, with the royal family involved...

With preparations for the ACCA centennial anniversary cereonomy underway, Prince Schwan goes to Badon to represent the Dowa royal family in his father's stead. Meanwhile, the five chief officers, senior officials, and district representatives secretly gather in ACCA headquarters' central meeting room to make their own final preparations for the coup. The day of the ceremony, the district office plaza is full of citizens. The future of the kingdom is about to be decided...