Chise goes to the forest, but Elias asks her to stay as he dislikes the cold when she left. Chise reverts into a human as she does the same thing. Chise is asked by the Leanan sídhe to save Joel, who is dying, as she has been unintentionally draining his life. Elias tells Joel he probably only has a week to live. Joel accepts his fate as his life had been happy...