Since the incident with Cartaphilius, Elias has locked himself in his bedroom and refuses to see anybody. Silver, the fairy landlady, pushes Chise and Ruth out of the house with instructions to go shopping. On their way to town they meet Angelica who is concerned that Chise has become dependent on Elias. Chise realises Angelica is right. Chise enters Elias’ room, finding that he is stuck in his inhuman form. Chise decides to stay with him all night. The next morning Elias has disappeared so Chise and Ruth try to find him. While searching Chise meets a Leanan sídhe, a type of Fairy who lives off of a humans lifeforce, who is haunting an elderly man named Joel but refuses to steal his lifeforce. Chise believes the Leanan sídhe loves Joel but the Leanan sídhe insists such a thing is impossible before giving Chise a kiss and telling her to visit Joel again someday. Chise locates Elias in the forest restoring his body and becomes upset that he disappeared and still hides things from her. Elias promises he will tell her everything when he is ready. A fairy familiar appears with a message from Lindel asking Chise to return to the land of dragons for an important matter.