1x9 - Queen's Blade

Steel Princess Ymir announces that she will take vengeance against Cattleya for selling low cost weapons, compared to the Steel Mountain ones that she creates. Cattleya leaves her son Rana in charge of her store, and Echidna shows up asking after Reina. Cattleya runs into Reina on the road and asks to look at her weapons. Ymir shows up at Cattleya's store and encounters Echidna there who scares her off with her snake. Cattleya and Reina return and run into Echidna. Echidna relates the tale of how Cattleya and Owen used to be great warriors before they retired. Tomoe and Shizuka are looking for a map to get to the capital city and Listy shows up to sell them one. Echidna leaves during the night. Ymir finds the real Cattleya in the morning and challenges her to a fight. On Rana's insistence Reina tries to help, and finds a the Giant Slayer weapon, which she gives to Cattleya, and Cattleya defeats Ymir and decides to enter Queen's Blade. Cattleya gives Reina a new sword. On leaving town Reina runs into Listy on the road.