In this volume, Hajime informs Jinpachi of Alice's engagement to Rin, angering Jinpachi, who thinks Shuukaidou has forced Alice into an engagement. When Alice confirms it, Jinpachi is goaded into confessing that he loves her, and advises her not to marry Rin out of gratitude and a sense of duty. Alice refuses to hear that Rin is Shuukaidou; for her Rin is just a boy whom she once almost killed.