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Another chapter in Margarita's backstory:


 * Caspar slept; her father slept. Margarita did not. They were free of worries; she was full of them. She could not sleep. She was worried by Caspar's actions. She didn't know what to do.


 * Margarita overheard Caspar quarreling with Elluka. They spoke of "underground/hidden markets" (裏市場), "monopolies", "betrayal", "Two", "Santa Claus" that Margarita could hear through the door.


 * After the talk was done, Elluka came out and gave her a アレ ("are"; I need some help knowing what this is). A doll. Apparently she's confused but discovers what's inside the doll (I think?) and wonders what to do with it.


 * She realizes it would make a great gift for Caspar; a wonderful gift she could give to him on his birthday. She'd mix it with the trauben jam (the profound words of Margariat, everybody) and give it to him.


 * Eleanor also ended up eating it too and Margarita isn't really bothered, saying おすそわけ (ie, "sharing with others what has been given to you")


 * Caspar sleeps; Eleanor incidentally also sleeps. But Margarita does not sleep.


 * After a while, her father began to worry and told her while they were eating to "not to be involved with Santa Claus anymore". "That woman is too dangerous" he told her.


 * (paraphrasing) Who is this Santa Claus? Did he mean Elluka? Why would he say such a thing. Oh, Father doesn't understand that she loves Elluka like a mother. But out of consideration for her, he made such a daring statement.


 * Her poor Father is so worried! So worried that he can't sleep. So she gave him her gift, mixed with trauben jam. He sleeps, but she doesn't.


 * Margarita has so many more presents she has to make that she got from Elluka. She has so many people to give her Gift to.


 * At the end, she wonders where that doll had gone.

The stepford wife is strong in this one.

From what I am understanding so far, Either Julia unknowing has a fake Clockworker's Doll (unlikely as she would sense the lack of a demon there and is seemingly responsible for Margarita's "resurrection") or there's some other weird crud happening here.