Snow White with the Red Hair S1 E9

## Plot

Shirayuki is finally awake, and Obi is asked by the chief herbalist, Garak Gazelt, to keep an eye on her while she finishes some paperwork. However, Shirayuki gets up and leaves, and Obi follows her. Kiki can't find Obi or Shirayuki, and all she found in the room was a note written to Zen. They're outside on the grounds, and Shirayuki is still really drunk/hungover, judging by her sudden outburst about never learning how to ride a horse. And I'll be honest, it's actually really funny! Obi takes her inside though when he notices someone watching her. And no, I don't mean the normal "someone is gossiping about her (fake) engagement to Zen again" kind of watching her. The person watching knows that he was spotted, and tries to finish his report on Shirayuki and get away. He's dealing with Obi the badass ninja though, who catches his paper in mid-throw and corners him. He asks the guy who hired him. The palace guards take the guy away, and Shirayuki comes back out and talks to Obi. It turns out that it was someone who was investigating her because of that fake engagement. Shirayuki is tired of hearing about how her presence is affecting Zen and how everyone is making fun of him because he's spending so much time with her. And she's mad at herself because she doesn't know how to fix it yet. For example, the Fort Laxdo incident. It was removed from Zen's jurisdiction for 6 months, but Shirayuki was planning on going back there to check on all the soldiers. Obi advises her to stop waiting for something to happen and take action instead. He volunteers to take her to Laxdo himself, but he tells her that he already went back there recently. Zen was worried about the soldiers too. They're all fine though, so there's nothing for them to worry about. Shuka, the apprentice from the fort, even sent him back with a rare herb for Shirayuki. Zen and Shirayuki both have a need to pretend that everything's fine, and can leap into things without thinking when there's no one around to stop them. They start heading back in, but Shirayuki passes out again, and Obi catches her. Kiki gives Zen the note, and he leaves to check on Shirayuki, but not before getting an identification necklace from Kiki. The note was written by Obi. Kiki tells Mitsuhide the gist of the story. Mitsuhide notices one of Zen's desk drawers open slightly and checks it. There's a glass case with the hand carved arrowhead that Atri made inside it. We have another flashback to when Zen was 13. It's been one month since the events of the previous episode. Mitsuhide was the one who gave the arrowhead to Zen. He encouraged Zen, saying that he did have allies and people he could trust. They were both inspired by the other to be the best that they could be. Back in the present, Zen finally meets up with Obi. After getting Shirayuki back in bed, Zen gives Obi his identification necklace. Also, is it wise to have various bottles of alcohol around the girl you know has a low tolerance for the stuff? Anyways, Obi is officially Zen's messenger, but he's really Shirayuki's guard in case something bad were to happen. Also, Mitsuhide and Kiki are *alone*. And they're stargazing! Then they spar with each other outside.