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Apples of Love and Sad Threats of War Licorice runs away, which amuses Brioche. Licorice tearfully regrets not being more like Petra, able to stand up to bullies. Pastry assures her it is ok not to be Petra, but to be herself. After giving her a toffee apple they almost kiss but are interrupted by a disapproving Caera. They return home where as petty revenge for upsetting Licorice Pastry uses pictures of Brioche grabbing him as wrappers for his sweets, which are then shipped to all his customers. As a result rumours spread the humiliated Brioche likes younger men and begins receiving marriage proposals from nobles as young as eight to ten. Hubareck’s enemy Margrave Lutoroute is furious at Petra’s engagement to Squale and decides to invade Hubareck’s land with 30,000 men to settle their rivalry before Petra can marry into the Kadlececk family. Pastry plans to purchase goats and chickens for milk and eggs. He also plans to produce sugar from sweet grass. His first attempt to build a sugar extracting machine fails, so Licorice points out he would get the result he wants from a grape press used in winemaking. Pastry rushes to ask Casserole to buy a grape press but is informed the rivalry between Hubareck, Lutoroute and their various allies has caused civil war throughout the kingdom.