Episode 4 –
spoiler
The hero’s name is Dominica, and she invites the trio she just saved to her mansion. Akari comes up with a ridiculous story and Dominica actually believes it. It turns out that Toru and Akari aren’t related by blood after all. Dominica tells the trio to stay with her until it’s safe for them to move on.
Strange that the mansion is filled with images of Dominica. The kitchen hasn’t been used in a very long time and there isn’t any food. It seems that a cat is watching them, or perhaps spying on them. The garden contains even more images of Dominica. There aren’t any other people in the mansion, nor is there any evidence of a dragoon. All this is very strange. And stranger still is the fact that Dominica does not recognize Chaika.
Instead of stealing, Toru wants to ask for the remains. If Dominica refuses, then they will use force. Chaika is hesitant, sensing that Dominica is a good person for being kind to them. Toru has to remind her that Dominica is an enemy. Over dinner – good thing they had food with them – Toru asks Dominica for the remains and she draws her sword. If Toru wants them, he will have to fight her.
Both Akari and Toru face Dominica, and Toru is now convinced that this is not the real Dominica. During the fight, it’s seen that Dominica can heal instantly. She even tells them her weak point. The fight moves into the mansion and out to the garden. There, Toru destroys the projection and statues of Dominica. From her reaction, Toru is positive who he’s fighting now and asks where the real Dominica is.
Chaika shoots Dominica and the lady turns into a dragon, telling Toru that this is the form he wanted. The fight continues until the dragon falls down. Akari had poisoned it, but poison doesn’t really affect it, so Chaika shoots it again, and Toru attacks it again, aiming for it’s weak spot. That does the trick and the dragon turns back into Dominica.
Toru learns that the real Dominica had died from an illness after the war. It was sad that the dragoon was left all alone and unwanted. She built a shrine to her master and that is what her life became. Toru refuses to kill her now. His only goal was the remains. Finding the eyeballs where Dominica said they would be, he hands them over to Chaika.
The trio prepares to leave and Dominica transforms again, this time into a little girl, and wonders what she should do next. She needs something to live for and has now decided that her next goal is to kill Toru. She tells Toru that her name is Fredrica. She offers her hand to Toru and when he takes it, she bites his arm with her sharp teeth, which heals his wounds. Fredrica says that she did this so she can fight him fairly later on.
Now that they’re on the road again, they have a new addition to their group – a cat. It turns out that Fredrica was the cat at the mansion that followed them around. Chaika is very happy to have a feline companion. However, Toru is confused. Not only did the cat overhear everything they said at the mansion, but he wants to know why someone that has vowed to kill him is now traveling with them. Chaika had the perfect response – “More company, journey twice as fun!” I think she forgot the circumstances again. LOL But I do agree with her. I also feel sorry for Toru. I’m sure his life just got more complicated.