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.
and money is made off of people's misfortunes.
ويُجنى المال من تعاسة الناس
Le malheur de certains
peut rapporter gros.
e rendere infelice qualcuno fa girare molti soldi...
e o dinheiro é para trabalhar
com o infortúnio das pessoas.
Где чьё-то несчастье — там и деньги.