Ohana findet durch einen Zufall den Entwurf des Romans wieder und gerät prompt darauf in eine abstruse Situation. Denn dem Autor, Herrn Jiroumaru, passt das überhaupt nicht in den Kram und greift daher zu ungewöhnlichen Mitteln, um das Ganze zu vertuschen. Denn sein Roman ist alles andere als jungendfrei, wenn man allein den Titel "Das Dienstmädchen und ihr spritziges Training in den heißen Quellen" liest.
Minko and Nako discover Ohana has gone missing, as she has been confined by Tarō, who admits he was trying to come up with a sex novel to pay his hotel bill. When he discovered by Nako and the others, he attempts to make a run for it by stealing one of the inn's vans, so the staff give chase. They eventually find him at a seaside cliff where he jumps into the sea, but Nako manages to save him from drowning. As Tarō laments his lack of talent, Ohana tells him that, even though his novels were perverted, they showed a side of Ohana she never knew before. Afterwards, they arrange for Tarō to work at the inn to pay off his bill, and Minko eats the revenge meal Ohana prepared for her. Later that night, Ohana finds notes Minko wrote on devising an alternative insult to 'die', and also receives a text from Kōichi.
“喜翆荘”で長逗留をしている売れない小説家、次郎丸太郎（じろうまる・たろう）。
彼の書きかけの原稿をゴミだと勘違いして捨ててしまった緒花は、
次の朝、まかないの支度途中に姿を消してしまう。
「東京に帰ってしまったのでは？」と心配する従業員たち。
しかしスイは、そんな彼らを横目に旅館の大掃除を命じる。
掃除のため次郎丸の部屋に向かった菜子だったが、
次郎丸に、かたくなに掃除、そして部屋に入られることを拒まれてしまうのだが……。
