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The Magnifying Glass of Truth!

Summary:

While a party is held on Colbert’s large airship, he and Kirche explain how long it took for them to develop it. Saito and Louise are more concerned with Golbert’s being alive, so Kirche further explains that Tabitha had faked his death during the event they last saw him at. Either way, both Saito and Louise are extremely relieved that he is alive. Saito recalls his fight with Tabitha the previous night, but he cannot bring himself to tell the others about it yet. Louise sees the concerned look on Saito’s face, but she still cannot forgive him for what had happened the previous night. She again scolds Saito about these things, but she is interrupted by Henrietta’s appearance on the ship. While watching the reactions Henrietta and Saito give each other, Siesta finally realizes that there is something going on between the two. Siestta brings this up with Louise later, but this only causes various new delusions.

Henrietta recalls the previous night she had with Saito, wondering about the feelings she has now. Tiffania has meanwhile visited Louise and Siesta, and after hearing about their worries, she presents them with a magic item that would allow them to see if Saito was telling the truth to Louise. Although wanting to trust Saito, Louise is unable to refuse the offer to use the magnifying glass. The girls approach Saito while he is talking with Colbert outside, but Derflinger quickly advises him to run. Saito is able to escape through the ship for awhile, even after seemingly being caught by Tiffania, but the girls eventually trap him. When Louise uses the magnifying glass on him, however, the girls see the fight he had with Tabitha. Saito finally expresses his belief that this was due to Sheffield’s orders, not by her own will, and Kirche states that she has her own theory about this.

Kirche explains Tabitha’s true identity as the daughter of the King’s murdered brother, as well as her mother’s circumstances. She also describes her low ranking as a knight, and the impossible tasks the country of Gallia has continued to give her. Recalling events that would have suggested this in the past, Saito and Louise can only wonder what would happen to her now that she has failed a mission. When Tabitha enters her home elsewhere, she finds that her mother is missing. In the now torn apart room, an elf remains to explain that Tabitha’s mother has been taken away to whereabouts unknown. When Tabitha attacks this person, she is shocked to find that he can easily reflect her attacks. Even Sylphid fails to save Tabitha, leaving her to faint next to her mother’s doll. When Henrietta hears the news from Saito and Louise, she expresses her will to help. With this, she leaves the academy once again.

Preview: Tabitha’s sister?

Impression:

They must have gotten it from Wonder Woman. Though Colbert’s reappearance was properly explained in the first half of the episode, the rest of it was fairly uneventful. Louise getting caught up in an act to find out more about Saito was pretty formulaic, and I thought the only great part of that was her locking him up in her knees (hot). Henrietta’s getting all confused about her feelings for Saito was pretty entertaining too, especially when she went on about how she couldn’t do such things as the queen. The second part of the episode was quite a bit more interesting to me, with Tabitha’s backstory brought up again. It hasn’t been since the first season since we’ve had any development for her, and that was one of my favorite parts. It looks like she will be getting a lot more action from here on though, so I’m pretty pumped to see more of that. A new character is suggested to show up next week, and I’m fairly certain it will be the obviously suggested person from the OP.