The Seven Stars tell traitor monk Akasha Shishido that they plan to go after Makina Hoshimura, them being faulted for creating such a powerful Shikabane Hime. Rika Aragami learns that Makina has been imprisoned for six months in the purification chamber near the head temple and surrounded by spirits, and Sougen Takamine explains that these spirits are eating at her rune of regrets. Meanwhile, Ouri undergoes priest training during this time with Contracted Monks Kanechika Umehara and Takamasa Sogi, but he failed to create a bond with a rabbit and catch it. His training is cut off when an incident at the purification chamber occurs. Akasha has turned one of the monks into a Shikabane to capture Makina. Ouri arrives just in time to embrace her, diminishing her rune and allowing her to kill the monk.