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It starts in a shop, when a noble attempts to force tax fees out of the owner one week ahead of time. The owner doesn’t have the money yet and swears to pay the following week as per their contract, and as he begs Yuri and Repede happen to walk by to overhear it. Yuri decides to help the poor shop owner and is attacked by the outraged noble while doing so, but promptly overpowers him which ends up with the noble tripping and falling into the river.

Later, the noble reports him to a knight and Yuri is called by Flynn to discuss his punishment, but after being told the reason behind Yuri’s actions Flynn chooses a different type of sanction. Yuri thinks that he’ll be tasked to retrieve a rumored bomber, but it turns out Flynn actually wants him to come up with a show to perform at the upcoming festival.

When told about it Brave Vesperia is amused by the idea and decides to help him. Patty fantasizes about performing skits with Yuri who will only smile for her, but in the end they go for a stage play of Cinderella on Estelle’s recommendation. Everyone agrees to take a week’s practice, save for Yuri who’s on a job elsewhere. He does promise to be present for the final performance however, and when the day Rita suspects him of running away as he’s very late. To make up for it, he swears to accept any kind of role everyone want to throw at him, which so happens to be Cinderella’s second ugly sister. Yuri turns out so pretty as a lady that it renders the girls speechless, while he himself is already regretting his decision.

He goes for a walk and runs into the bomber by accident, but with a dress on he can’t walk properly so he leaves it to Repede to chase after him as he deals with the installed bomb. Meanwhile, the play has started and Flynn is among the audience but when told about the bomber’s presence in town, he comes across Yuri on his way to look for the criminal. Flynn doesn’t recognize him so Yuri plays along to avoid any embarrassment and tells him about the bomb, running away to fetch Rita before Flynn can even thank him.

On stage, the play has reached the knot of its story, when Cinderella puts on the remaining glass shoe. Raven has been chosen for the first ugly sister, Judy for the evil stepmother, Patty for a mouse, Karol for the prince and of course Estelle for the princess. The bomber, closely followed by Repede, comes running to the stage and takes Estelle hostage. Yuri hops on too, grabs the glass shoes to toss to Karol as a distraction to use one of his artes and knock out the offender. The audience remains unaware of the danger, applauding instead the improvisation and great skill and beauty of the second ugly sister. At the end of the performance is everyone happy and congrats Estella on her wedding with prince Karol.

In the end the bomb is defused and the bomber thrown in jail, while Brave Vesperia receives the Knights’ gratitude as well as an invitation to perform again the following year.(Raven even said he actually found his true field lol.) Flynn has one last request, however, and asks for the mysterious girl who gave him indications about the bomb as he wants to thank her properly. The party, aware that this is clearly Yuri he’s looking for, mentions it should be quite easy to find her, but Yuri interrupts them by saying some things in the world are better left unknown.

Happy Ending～