A gifted young student plans to study theology at university, but his true passion is astronomy. One day, he meets a mysterious scholar named Hubert.
Guest Stars:
Kouichi Makishima, Show Hayami, Hiromichi Tezuka, Masafumi Kobatake, Makoto Koichi
Rafał is intrigued by Hubert’s heliocentric theory. Later, Hubert is arrested by an inquisitor but he gives Rafał a pendant before being whisked away.
Guest Stars:
Kouichi Makishima, Show Hayami, Masafumi Kobatake, Saima Nakano, Kazumasa Katsura
Nowak convinces Potocki to admit to Rafał's heresy. Once arrested, Rafał is given a choice: recant his belief in heliocentrism or submit to torture.
Guest Stars:
Kouichi Makishima, Katsuyuki Konishi, Minoru Shiraishi, Masafumi Kobatake, Kenjiro Tsuda
The duelist Oczy wishes for death so he can escape his hopeless world and go to heaven. His colleague finds meaning in life by observing the stars.
Guest Stars:
Katsuyuki Konishi, Minoru Shiraishi, Yoji Ueda, Yuuki Sanpei, Shinji Nagano
Gras aborts the mission, placing himself and Oczy in mortal danger from Nowak. They both flee for the mountains, where they find a stone chest.
Guest Stars:
Katsuyuki Konishi, Minoru Shiraishi, Yoji Ueda, Yuuki Sanpei, Yuichi Nakamura
Oczy seeks the help of Badeni, the demoted monk who incurred the Church's wrath by turning his curiosity to the riddles of the sky.
Guest Stars:
Katsuyuki Konishi, Yuichi Nakamura, Jin Urayama, Hiromichi Tezuka, Masafumi Kobatake
Gifted scholar Jolenta suffers discrimination as the only girl at an astronomy institute. Badeni seeks resources to prove the heliocentric theory.
Guest Stars:
Katsuyuki Konishi, Yuichi Nakamura, Kenjiro Tsuda, Saya Hitomi, Nobunaga Shimazaki
Badeni offers Jolenta a chance to pursue the truth of the skies, but she is overcome with fear. Afterward, she overhears bold words from Count Piast.
Guest Stars:
Katsuyuki Konishi, Yuichi Nakamura, Saya Hitomi, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Shinya Fukumatsu
A middle-aged Piast vows to prove his professor's geocentric model. In the present, he agrees to let Badeni use his records — on one condition.
Guest Stars:
Katsuyuki Konishi, Yuichi Nakamura, Saya Hitomi, Shinya Fukumatsu, Daisuke Namikawa
Oczy tells Badeni that he is learning to read and write. Later, Badeni's claim that knowledge should be held by a select few bothers a fellow monk.
Guest Stars:
Katsuyuki Konishi, Yuichi Nakamura, Shuhei Sakaguchi, Masafumi Kobatake, Hitomi Shogawa
Nowak gives two rookie inquisitors a terrifying first taste of their new roles. Badeni meets with Jolenta and tells her he has completed his theory.
Guest Stars:
Katsuyuki Konishi, Yuichi Nakamura, Kenjiro Tsuda, Saya Hitomi, Yoshiyuki Shimozuma
Nowak asks Badeni to show him his research. He inspects Badeni's premises but doesn't find anything incriminating — until he spots a certain item.
Guest Stars:
Katsuyuki Konishi, Yuichi Nakamura, Kenjiro Tsuda, Kazuya Saji, Tadaaki Doi
In a medical area within the inquisition chamber, a wounded Oczy awakes to see Nowak, who has kept him alive in hopes of extracting information.
Guest Stars:
Katsuyuki Konishi, Yoji Ueda, Shinji Nagano, Yuichi Nakamura, Kenjiro Tsuda
Badeni must choose between revealing the location of the heretical documents on heliocentric theory or prolonging Oczy's torture at Nowak's hands.
Guest Stars:
Katsuyuki Konishi, Kazumasa Katsura, Yoji Ueda, Yuichi Nakamura, Kenjiro Tsuda
Nowak believes his beloved daughter has been executed as a heretic. Father Grabowski comes across a letter from Badeni containing an unusual request.
Guest Stars:
Yoji Ueda, Yuichi Nakamura, Shuhei Sakaguchi, Masafumi Kobatake, Hitoshi Bifu
Twenty-five years later, Captain Schmidt of the extremist Heretic Liberation Front infiltrates a church and steals an important item.
Guest Stars:
Satoshi Mikami, Satoshi Hino, Fuminori Komatsu, Yuuya Uchida, Miyu Irino
A young nomad woman haunted by poverty devotes her life to obtaining wealth. One night, she discovers the book that Frei hid in the abandoned village.
Guest Stars:
Satoshi Mikami, Tomomichi Nishimura, Miyuri Shimabukuro, Soshiro Hori, Rui Tanabe
Bishop Antoni orders Draka to hand over the book, but Schmidt’s men suddenly intervene. Determined to change her fate, she takes a bold action.
Guest Stars:
Satoshi Mikami, Satoshi Hino, Fuminori Komatsu, Yuuya Uchida, Tomomichi Nishimura
Hoping to track down the people who stole the book, an inquisitor seeks advice from Nowak, who now spends his days drowning his sorrows.
Guest Stars:
Yoji Ueda, Kenjiro Tsuda, Satoshi Hino, Yuuya Uchida, Taiki Yamashita
As the Heretic Liberation Front prepares to depart, Jolenta entrusts Draka with a letter. Soon after, Nowak and the inquisitors approach the barn.
Guest Stars:
Kenjiro Tsuda, Satoshi Hino, Fuminori Komatsu, Yuuya Uchida, Miyuri Shimabukuro
Schmidt and the others regroup with their Liberation Front comrades and begin printing the book. However, a traitor brings their operation to a halt.
Guest Stars:
Satoshi Hino, Fuminori Komatsu, Yuuya Uchida, Miyuri Shimabukuro, Koji Marunaka
As Nowak's group attacks the Liberation Front, Draka and Schmidt begin their escape. Upon reaching town, Draka makes a proposition to Bishop Antoni.
Guest Stars:
Kenjiro Tsuda, Satoshi Mikami, Kazuya Saji, Satoshi Hino, Fuminori Komatsu
A deluded Nowak turns against Antoni and attempts to burn down the church. Draka fights back and escapes but incurs a terrible wound.
Guest Stars:
Kenjiro Tsuda, Satoshi Mikami, Miyuri Shimabukuro, Shoya Ishige, Takuya Nakashima
Albert goes to deliver an order of bread to a church. While there, he encounters a mysterious priest who encourages him to confess his sins.
Guest Stars:
Shoya Ishige, Takuya Nakashima, Atsumi Tanezaki, Maaya Sakamoto, Junji Majima