The auditions end with Hikari refusing to use everyone's brilliance as fuel for the giraffe's "fated stage", after which she mysteriously transfers out of Seisho Academy. As months pass by without any contact from Hikari, Karen eventually realizes that Hikari paid the price that everyone else would've had to pay for losing, losing everything as a result. Translating the book of Starlight that was left behind by Hikari, Karen discovers that the story goes beyond what was in the play, prompting her to return to the underground theater, where Hikari is imprisoned.