Belladonna stepped out of Lord Swinesby's Manor decked out in her newly repaired armour. After going back and forth with the Duke, trying to convince him to let her take certain things, she couldn't get him to budge on giving her the Dragon's source.
Even if she couldn't use it now, as she was focusing on both her foundation and her real world magic, before racing to ascend the ranks, it would have been incredibly useful to have to later.
But Lucian remained firm, insisting that it was the one thing, above all else, that he had to take back with him since people had learned of his victory against the beast. However, since he noticed her annoyance at that result, she managed to extort... I mean, convince him, to help repair her armour instead - as well as give her other stuff from the dragon, of course.
