She wakes up leaning against Frieren as their wagon arrives at the next village on their journey.
While that rules out the undead, it doesnt rule out the threat to the villagers.
So they head into the forest to investigate, and find evidence of magical use; specificallyillusionmagic.
Frieren IDs the one behind the ghosts as an Einsam.
And yet when the forest suddenly grows misty and a ghostly Heiter appears before Fern, she freezes.
For an unchanging immortal elf, something like this suggests shes changed after all.
The monster is defeated, and the village is safe.
Their encounter with the Einsam (German for lonely) tugged at that longing, weaponizing it against them.
The solution to their problems is to add a party member: specifically, front-liner; a warrior.
Theyre approached by tiny old lady, who for oncedoesntwant them to clean a statue of Himmel.
She leads them to Stark, who is playing with some kids.
But Frieren still gives Stark the night to think over joining them.
Shes convinced hes the man for the job.
He certainly wanted to defeat the dragon, but wasnt strong enough alone.
