This episode we're introduced to more characters. Yay!
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The Philippines' Cultural Attache to Yangdon is introduced to the King. Alice (Marina Benipayo) introduces herself as well as her husband Edward (Jong Cuenco) and son Gino (Daniel Padilla).
There's a new kid in Mikay's block. She calls him but he runs off to his aunties. Mikay envies this sight of the little boy being extremely cared for.
As they settle in Yangdon, Gino starts school with Dasho Kencho's son Jao. Gino observes the special treatment Jao gets in school and shakes his head.
At Mikay's, stepmom preps older bratty sister (sometimes antagonists don't deserve names! muahaha) for a pageant. Mikay asks if she can come but stepmom denies because someone has to take care of the house while they're gone. Older bratty sister further mocks Mikay and tells her that ugly people aren't allowed to attend pageants but Mikay simply laughs it off. Home alone, she mimics her sister's introduction for the pageant and focuses on chomping her dinner instead.
In the Yangdon school, Gino gets told off for involuntarily yawning while Jao performs his flute piece. Gino approaches Jao after class and wonders how lonely it must be for the young royalty. Jao replies, "You don't understand, you will not be King one day. I am!," to which Gino rebutts, "Even if I will not be King, at least I still have friends" and storms off. Jao follows suit and they climb a huge wall, from which he suffers a minor fall. On the other side of the wall, he finds a bunch of farmer kids playing happily. He and Gino joins them and they fly a kite.
Mikay spots the new kid again and asks him what he's burying. He tells her he's experimenting and explains her what it's for. Mikay asks about his experiment, but he says it's top secret. He shows her a device instead - two cans connected by a string which functions like a short-distance telephone. She was telling him how amazing it is when Kiko (Khalil Ramos) (yes that's the kid's name) gets called by his mom.
Mikay visits the carnival with the rest of the family (apparently this was the little excursion they were talking about in the previous episodes) and they decide to ride the ferris wheel. Unfortunately, the ride couldn't fit five people in so they had to leave Mikay. Dad decides to stay with her but Mikay persuades him to take the ride instead. As the ride goes up and far, little Mikay sheds a tear. Awww. They could've divided into two groups, seriously. I hate forced situations like this.
At home, Mikay shows Dad a drawing of their family. It's the typical stick family drawing, except she's alone and the rest of the family is together. She thanks her Dad for the wonderful day at the carnival, and to make her feel better, Dad invites her to a trip with him.
Back in Yangdon, Behati scolds Jao and tells him that he shouldn't play with the farmers' children. Jao even relates that no one wants to play with him. Behati explains that his archery, horse-riding and flute lessons as well as his fluency in English is more than enough to compensate for his friendlessness. Um, so much for bringing up your kid right.
As promised, Dad brings Mikay along his service duties. She cheerfully talks to the italians and is amazed that Ciao can be used for both "hello" and "goodbye." They drop by a tourist spot and Mikay dreams of traveling the Philippines as well as abroad. She and her Father then makes a promise to travel the world together as soon as they are able to get by.
Despite his mother's disapproval, Jao continues to play and enjoy with the other kids. The King sees him and asks if his mother knows about it. Jao immediately confesses that he skipped school without their knowledge because they would never allow it. The King invites him for a walk. Jao explains that he feels quite ordinary whenever he plays with kids of the farmers. The King tells Jao that he reminds him of his younger self, as well as his daughter Areeyah. If she were here, she would've been his age. With that, he sends him back to school.
Mikay finds Kiko experimenting again, so she climbs their gate and tricks Kiko with an ice candy into telling her. They introduce themselves to each other as Martin Nicolas Salamat and Maria Mikaela Maghirang. They agree that they're officially friends from now on.
Jao invites Gino to go play with him and the other kids again, but realizes that he can't because Behati will not approve of it. Gino keeps on responding in Filipino so Jao proposes that Gino teach him Filipino so he could understand.
Apparently, Kiko's invention was for communicating to his dead father. At first Mikay doubts if the invention would work, but she decided to believe to boost her friend's mood.
Jao and Gino is in trouble for going home late. Gino gets expelled for "compromising" Jao's security. Despite Jao's confession, the principal stands by her word. We have a little peek at Gino's parentals arguing about their responsibilities to their son and Gino overhears. Looks like this little guy's lonely too?
Meanwhile, totally out of nowhere, culprit guy (the assassin hired to kill the Queen and the Princess) has requested an urgent meeting with Dasho Kencho. He reveals everything to the vice king: the Queen's tragedy wasn't an accident, and a woman who claims to be from Yangdon had paid him to kill, but she herself appears to be an underling of someone else. Unfortunately, Ashi Behati overhears everything from a distance. Typical eavesdropping flaw in Filipino dramas: she's extremely near but no one notices her. Man, when will people ever learn?
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