Shuurei muses over the new information she learned from Senya that the Kou princess is to marry the second son of the Sa Clan. She also sees a strange resemblance between Senya and Ryuuki. Ensei and Seiran follows Shuurei's trail of Kanrou Cha, and Eigetsu and Kourin are en route to Kinka.
秀麗跟著琳千夜離開崔里已經過了20天,影月和香鈴跟著克洵,靜蘭則與燕青一起行動,各自朝著金華前進。靜蘭和燕青在途中,與過去曾有一段因緣的殺刃賊新老大對峙。另一方面,秀麗從千夜口中得知了外面正在傳著茶家次子的朔洵,將與身為新州牧的自己結婚的謠言,她也為此感到困惑。雖然每個人都各有盤算,但秀麗最後仍平安抵達了金華。在此,她得知了一項驚人的事實。