Aoi dreams her childhood Ayakashi told her to keep living so she could fall in love with him and marry him. Aoi finds she has lost her voice and her sense of taste. Tokihiko realises it is a curse from the sweet Raiju forced her to eat, a cursed seed that blocked Aoi's sense of taste. As she is now unable to adequately cook for the Umi-bouzo Ranmaru gives the job to Mai and Kei. Raiju taunts Aoi for losing her usefulness as a chef...