Seiran and the rest of the household watch over Shuurei after she catches a bad cold while chasing a troublesome student. Reishin Kou continues to conceal from Shuurei that he is her uncle. Reishin fears that if Shuurei knew his identity, she would hate him as the man who took her father's place as head of the Kou clan.
這是在國試適性考試結束，正等著公布結果之時發生的事。秀麗為了斥責惡作劇的私塾學生柳晉而追趕在後，沒想到卻失足摔落寒冬的河裡而感冒了。知道秀麗生病的事之後，大家也都陸續來探訪秀麗；除了楸瑛、絳攸之外，連秀麗還不知其存在的叔叔紅黎深，以及假面男子黃奇人也都來到了秀麗家…就在此時，傳出了柳晉失踪的消息。
