Ange is established as a popular princess. On her way home from a lacrosse match, her royal vehicle passes by the scene of a young mother having her infant daughter abducted by the state for being a "Norma", a person unable to use Mana. Ange approaches the mother and enrages her further by repeating propagandist anti-Norma sentiment. The mother is subdued and the infant is sealed away, presumably to be disposed of. That evening, Ange's mother gives her a ring to mark her Baptism Ritual, a coming-of-age ceremony linked to her ascension to the throne. On the day of the Baptism Ritual, her brother reveals to the audience that Ange is actually a Norma herself. Her mother helps her escape, her sister faints from the shock, and her brother caresses her sister's lips, muttering about his desire to "re-establish the purity of the royal bloodline." Ange's mother is killed while trying to help her daughter escape, and Ange is hauled away to an island prison where she has military equipment forcibly implanted into her against her will.