Dahee slumps at a cluttered desk with drawing tablet, empty energy cans with fictional labels 'BoltFox' and 'MoonRush', open romance-fantasy manuscript pages, rain at the window, harsh monitor light.

The tablet shows an unfinished panel of Duke Caelum standing over a pale duchess. Dahee's hand drops. The office dissolves into blinding white and distant church bells.

Morning in a ducal servant dormitory: stone walls, narrow beds, black uniforms, bell ropes. Dahee wakes in Elodie's body while Marta dresses her for duty.

Servants stream through a cold stone corridor carrying linens and trays. A wall calendar shows Tuesday marked in red wax.

A quiet upper hallway outside Duchess Lysandra's chamber. Snowlight through arched windows, guards posted at the door.

Dahee tries to reach Lysandra but servants and guards enforce the household order. The execution procession begins below.

Winter courtyard under gray sky. Servants line the stone steps. Lysandra kneels at center. Caelum arrives through the iron arch with sword and black coat.

Dahee is forced to watch from the servant line while Caelum stands before Lysandra. Snow begins to fall.

The execution lands. Focus on motion, Caelum's black silhouette, Lysandra's pendant falling, and Dahee's horrified reaction in the background.

Aftermath in the courtyard. The world narrows to Lysandra's pendant in red-stained snow and Dahee's panicked breath as darkness creeps in.

The same servant dormitory morning returns. Bell light, apron cord, black ribbon. Dahee stands before the mirror holding the maid ribbon again.

Dahee confirms the reset: same calendar, same servants, same red Tuesday mark. The chapter ends on her understanding that the day is a loop.