Morning inside Madame Belle’s café near the noble district. Su-Jin is working under her café disguise while trying to convince herself she is safe.

A public romance set piece begins outside the café as Aria's carriage stalls near the palace road.

The Prince performs the beloved hand-kiss scene while Su-Jin notices something the crowd ignores.

Su-Jin tries to confirm what she saw as the Prince turns the moment back into spectacle.

Inside the café, Su-Jin reacts badly and Madame Belle warns her not to stare at royal business.

That night, Su-Jin records what she saw and starts separating the story's famous panels from the spaces around them.

The next public romance moment unfolds near the academy road as Lysander gives Aria a magical charm.

Su-Jin finishes the delivery late and notices Lysander leaving the academy road alone.

Su-Jin follows at a distance and finds Lysander covering a fresh pit with magic.

Su-Jin nearly makes a sound, and Lysander senses someone watching.

Su-Jin escapes the woods, but the magical beauty of the scene seems to cover what she saw.

A few days later, the Duke appears in another iconic scene, but Su-Jin watches his carriage instead of the romance.

After the crowd follows the romance, Su-Jin sees servants cleaning the Duke's carriage with desperate intensity.

The Duke's carriage passes through another street, and ordinary people stop speaking in its wake.

Back at the café, Madame Belle notices Su-Jin has been tracking noble incidents and tells her to stop.

Sir Evan appears in a public romantic scene, sincere and beloved, while Su-Jin watches for what happens afterward.

Su-Jin follows the corridor after the public scene and finds Evan guarding a locked salon.

Evan gently redirects Su-Jin while the noise behind the door stops.

Su-Jin considers telling the guards but sees how official silence protects noble scenes.

Su-Jin experiences the world pushing romantic imagery over disturbing evidence.

Su-Jin lays out the pattern in her notebook and realizes the incidents cluster around the male leads' romantic scenes.

Madame Belle catches Su-Jin still awake and makes the danger plain in commoner terms.

A public procession gathers Aria and all four male leads, making Su-Jin see the romance structure as a trap.

Su-Jin realizes the romance scenes may be active cover-ups and runs from the procession before it can draw her in.