Cartaphilus and Chise argue over their respective approaches to dealing with their own suffering, beating each other up brutally in the process.

Christmas is coming up. Alice invites Chise out to London, where they hang out together and go gift shopping for Renfred and Elias.

Stella, a young girl Chise encountered while Christmas shopping, finds that her brother, Ethan, has gone missing and her parents have forgotten he exists.