Episode 18

'''Blazing Souls of Stewards! Save Balizan' is the 18th episode of the Petite Princess Yucie'' anime.

Summary
The rainbow butterflies flutter across the sky, spreading their scales across the land. Balizan is seen walking alone in the night. An object smashes into his head with enough force to knock him over, but he gets up with no scratches and walks it off as its nothing.

The next morning, the girls hang out. Due to the rainbow butterfly scales causing allergic reactions to all the residents, they must all wear masks. The girls decide it would be best if they all headed home but, as they get up to leave, Balizan begins to malfunction. The girls and their stewards take Balizan to Lord Drago to figure out the problem. Lord Drago suggests that the butterfly scales somehow got into his hardware, causing the malfunction. After hearing from Lord Drago that Balizan could potentially cease all function, the usually emotionless Elmina becomes visibly distraught.

Lord Drago suggests that the best way to fix the problem would be to go inside Balizan and remove the scales manually, much to everyone’s shock. Despite Lord Drago stating that it would be too dangerous to risk the Platinum Princess candidates, Elmina demands to go into Balizan to fix the problem as she is his master. She faints, however, likely due to the scale allergies affecting her strength.

Cube and his fellow stewards decide to do the dirty work instead. Cube, Gaga, and Chawoo shrink in size to fit Balizan. After crashing inside the belly of the mechanical beast they notice Belbel being carried off by the butterfly scales who have taken the appearance of fuzzballs. Chawoo and Cube fight them off. Belbel introduces herself and Cube asks what she is doing inside of Balizan. Before she can answer, however, the stewards find themselves surrounded by mini-Balizans. Calling themselves the "Balizan Security Team", they call over their other units and begin to attack the stewards.

Outside of the action, the girls watch over Balizan. Yucie and Cocoloo talk about how Elmina has changed and grown kinder, Glenda makes small talk with Lord Drago, and Beth appears from out of the blue. It seems as though Beth is searching for something but leaves as quickly as she came, seemingly flustered by Cocoloo's presence.

Back inside of Balizan, Belbel explains to the other stewards how she ended up in her situation. The stewards are still surrounded by the miniature war-like Balizans. After the Balizan Security Team is ambushed by the butterfly scales, the gang takes the opportunity to slip away and make a b-line for Balizan's head.

Outside, a sad and worried Elmina recalls a tender moment of her childhood with Balizan. Balizan showed Elmina the kindness and compassion her father always refused to. She repeats to Balizan the comforting words he had once told her.

Belbel leads the other stewards through a path they thought led to the Head, but she then admits she has no idea where they are going. After Gaga faints from overheating and everyone almost drowns in what appears to be a coolant system, they are rescued by the butterfly scales who proceed to kidnap Belbel once again. The mini-Balizans find the group and rush in at full force. Through the stewards' panicked running they all manage to reach the Head.

Here Cube and the gang find Belbel and Balizan's sub-brain. It is revealed that the cause of Balizan’s malfunction is not because of the butterfly scales. It was because of Belbel crashing into the main brain and shattering it that one fateful night. The stewards, together with the scales and sub-brain, are able to repair the main brain. Balizan's memory is added to finish the brain and it is stated that his memories of Elmina are more important to him than his own life.

The stewards make it out safely and Balizan awakens. The episode ends with the girls heading home with their respective stewards and Belbel speaks of the stewards' kindness to Beth.

Characters

 * Yucie
 * Glenda
 * Cocoloo
 * Elmina
 * Beth
 * Lord Drago
 * Balizan
 * Cube
 * Gaga
 * Chawoo
 * Belbel