Mikado and Hiyakawa go to investigate a pond at a house. Their client, the woman who owns the house, has the same dream every night of a corpse floating in the pond. Mikado dives down into the pond to have a look, and there at the bottom, in the murk, he sees its core.
On their way home that day, Mikado and Hiyakawa stop to eat and Hiura Erika appears before them. Erika reveals to the two of them that she is a curse peddler and a necromancer.
Mother was kind. She thought 
about me more than anyone else.
كانت أمّي لطيفة، واهتمّت بي أكثر من أيّ أحد
Mutter war so lieb und hat
sich am meisten um mich gekümmert …
Mamá es muy buena
y me atesora más que nadie.
Mamá es muy buena
y cuida de mí más que nadie.
Ma mère est un ange.
Mia madre è gentile ed è la persona
 che mi vuole più bene di tutti!
Ela era gentil, e pensava
em mim mais do que ninguém.
Мама самая добрая,
она любит меня больше всех на свете...