Snow White with the Red Hair S1 E3

## Plot

Shirayuki is studying hard for the exam. She goes to the palace again, this time because Kiki and Mitsuhide wanted to see her. She learns that most people can't enter the palace without a pendant, but she's an exception to this rule because of her friendship with Zen. If she becomes a court herbalist though, she'll get one of her own. A man named Lord Marquis Haruka has come to speak with the prince, but he currently has another visitor. He sees Shirayuki walking around the grounds. He knows that she's been visiting Zen and he doesn't like her. Mainly it's the fact that she's a commoner, aka low social status, being casual friends with a prince, aka the highest social status. Kiki and Mitsuhide want Shirayuki's help with Zen. He snuck off as usual, but was late getting back. He didn't clear it with the ministers, and they were a lot harder on him than normal. He's overworking on paperwork. Okay, it's the end of the world. I'm gonna go grab my Desert Eagle, my Glock and my special Izetta rifle and see what happens. While eating popcorn. Anyways, getting Shirayuki to come was the only way they could get him to take a break. He falls asleep for awhile, and she leaves afterwards, but she forgot her book. Oh, and someone is spying on her. Lord Haruka is finally allowed to see Zen. He warns him about inviting Shirayuki into the castle. He suspects that she'll abuse Zen's trust and take advantage of him. Zen knows Shirayuki better though, and that she'd rather succeed and advance on her own merit. Lord Haruka is convinced than he's in the right though, and takes matters into his own hands. He knows the guy who was spying on Shirayuki earlier. In fact, he's the one who hired him. His name is Obi, and he's basically a ninja. That, by default, makes him awesome! Shirayuki realizes that she lost her book and starts heading back to the castle. When she gets to the gates though, she overhears Obi and the two guards talking. According to Obi, Zen issued an order to no longer allow Shirayuki into the castle anymore. However, she was actually already on the *inside* of the castle grounds. Clever! I honestly didn't notice that. She suspects that Zen didn't really write that order. She's caught by some guards, but they let her go. Luckily, not everyone has been given that new order yet. While walking through the palace, she's almost shot with an arrow, fired by Obi. It's a warning shot, basically telling her to stay away from Zen. She won't be intimidated though, and keeps going. She knows that if she passes the herbalist test, then no one can keep them apart, since then she'll work in the palace. Obi follows her, and is about to give her another scare when Zen shows up. She claims that everything's fine, but he can tell that she's lying. Plus she's hiding an arrow behind her back. She tells him everything, and wants to confront whoever it is who wants to keep them apart, and find out why. She wants to do it alone so whoever it is will be more honest. Zen doesn't like the plan, but he lets her do it anyways, and tells her to be careful. He laments that his title as prince means that he makes enemies easily. He asks Kiki and Mitsuhide for a favor. Shirayuki runs into Lord Haruka, and realizes that he's the man she's looking for. She doesn't stop challenging him, even when he has her at sword point. Obi has been watching them. He has no chance of escaping, since Kiki and Mitsuhide are right below him. He claims that he wrote the order and shot the arrow. Lord Haruka, bound by honor, tells her the truth though. He was only trying to protect the prince. Speaking of which, Zen was eavesdropping on their conversation. Lord Haruka will keep his rank and position in the court, but he's warned to never abuse his power again. As for Obi, Zen will be keeping a close eye on him from now on. Shirayuki tells Zen that she's applying for the court herbalist position.