Snow White with the Red Hair S2 E1

## Plot

The episode starts with Mihaya returning to Clarines and looking at the palace. It starts out really lighthearted though, like when Obi helps Ryuu climb a tree. Zen is doing paperwork at an alarming rate. He went to visit Shirayuki earlier, but she was working, so he decided to redouble his efforts when it came to his own work. She's a great motivator for him. After he gets a paper cut, Mitsuhide sends him to the medical wing to get it looked at. Kiki escorts him there because she's training the guards that morning. They all know that Zen wants to see Shirayuki, and now he can without feeling guilty about it. They see Izana on their way there. Obi and Ryuu return to the medical wing, where they're drying out all the instruments and equipment, which is why Ryuu was outside. Obi notices a plant in the room and asks what it treats. Ryuu says it's not a medicinal herb. Shirayuki put it there for decoration. He gives Obi seeds from the flower as thanks for helping him retrieve a paper of his that was stuck in a tree. Izana receives an interesting message from Tanbarun. Obi tries to return the seeds after Zen tells him that Shirayuki is trying to collect all the different variations of the flower. Ryuu says that he should keep them though, because the seeds are pretty as they are, and they grow without much effort. Shirayuki has found every color except blue. Mitsuhide gets her. They've learned that Mihaya has returned and requested to speak with her and Zen. She agrees to see him. He asks her if she knows a boy with light brown hair who's 13 or 14 named Kazuki. She doesn't. When Mihaya was released from jail, he didn't have any money, so he tried to earn some and wound up on a ship. He heard Kazuki asking about Shirayuki, and gave him what little information he had on her. He has nothing to gain by telling them this, but he's a greedy jerk, so he asks for money. He got information from Kazuki too, namely, about why he was looking for Shirayuki. He told him that she was a princess, but not the kind that should be kept hidden from the world, and that there was a better place for her than a castle. Izana talks to Zen and Shirayuki about the message he got from Tanbarun. Shirayuki has been invited to a ball being held there by Prince Raji. It's a thank you for caring for him during his visit in the first season. Since he returned to his kingdom, he's taken his role a lot more seriously, thanks to what Shirayuki told him. It seems like the people of Tanbarun want a look at the girl who changed their first prince and heir to the throne for the better. Izana all but says that he'd be okay with getting rid of her by sending her off to Tanbarun and letting her stay there with Raji. She'll be trained in court appearance before she leaves. Izana *orders* her to go to Tanbarun in two weeks. Asshole. No one gets in the way of true love! However, Zen adds one condition to the order: That someone he trusts accompany Shirayuki there. Izana agrees to it, and Shirayuki agrees to go. Not that she has any choice in the matter when it's a direct order from Clarines's own first prince and heir to the throne. It's odd timing that this happened right after what they learned from Mihaya. He's staying at the castle under guard for now, since he's the only one who knows what Kazuki looks like. Zen assigns Mitsuhide to accompany Shirayuki. She's given new quarters to stay in at the castle until she leaves.