Hinohara Arata is captured to stand trial for the murder of the princess, and he gets a chance to speak with his double.

Arata and Kotoha are taken to Gatoya, a penal colony, where they are immediately attacked by two boys named Kanate and Ginchi.

Kanate and Ginchi are taken by The Reckoning of Warden Tsutsuga; Arata finds them facing off before Tsutsuga in a battle to the death.

In the modern world, Hinohara Arata's family knows something is different about Arata; Hinohara Arata heads south in Amawakuni and learns of the relationship between the princess and the Twelve Shinsho.

Kannagi's Zokusho, Ohika, saves Arata after he collapses; Akachi of the Twelve Shinsho arrives and orders Ohika to become his Zokusho, but Ohika refuses as he has sworn his loyalty to Kannagi.