Chise awakens on a train with Elias. They are approached by a cat messenger who informs Elias the Cat King is waiting. Chise learns the rumour she is Elias’ wife has spread across the world. Chise is watched by a mysterious woman before meeting the Cat King, who reveals there is a problem within the kingdom. Elias begins investigating while Chise learns the Kingdoms history. Years ago a man who enjoyed killing cats was killed by the first Cat King and his corrupted soul imprisoned on an island. Chise is kidnapped by the mysterious woman who drops her into the lake. Underwater Chise meets, Mina, a deceased soul who reveals the corrupt soul was her husband, Matthew, who went mad after she died. She asks Chise to free both of them. Elias saves Chise and asks her to cleanse Matthew. Chise prepares her spell but is stopped by the mysterious woman and a man called Renfred, sorcerers who want the corrupted Matthew for other purposes. Renfred accuses Elias of using Chise as a test subject and keeping her prisoner by pretending to make her his apprentice while hiding the truth that Sleigh Beggy’s have a very limited life span.