In the garden where he first met Akiho, Mina says that she's afraid that the knight has lost his way. She wants to know why he hasn't been able to find her shadow. The knight tells her that the secret society and the clan agreed that it would be safer to send Akahoe around the world so that she could read and write spells than to bring her books. Mina asks the knight why he turned his life upside down to help her. He says that he learned how to cook and make tea and sweets for her. Mina wants the knight to keep a close eye on her.