No Place of Joy Hath a Soldier.Amidonia begins their invasion, planning to occupy Elfrieden's southernmost city, Altomura. Altomura's Lord, Weist Garreau, surrenders to Gaius in exchange for time to convince his soldiers loyal to Kazuya to surrender. Halbert and Kaede lead the Forbidden Army, Kazuya's royal guard and the elves against Carmine's army and defeat them. Carmine is berated by the corrupt nobles he sheltered, but he in turn berates their lack of battlefield experience and hatches his own plan in secret. It is revealed Weist is loyal to Kazuya and is taking orders from Excel, who was in Altomura the entire time, to delay Gaius as long as possible...