Mei made a promise with Charlie that he would return her to her time on the next full moon, but she's starting to feel that she would rather stay in the Meiji Era with Ougai. Meanwhile, having started writing his next novel, Ougai has shut himself up in the study to focus. The story he writes is meant to be a love story, but his writing isn't progressing as he would like and Ougai's countenance is getting gloomier. Ougai's past is hidden within the story.
he sheds a single tear as he thinks 
about the woman he left behind.
y derrama una lágrima pensando
en la mujer que dejó atrás.
y derrama una lágrima pensando
en la mujer que dejó atrás.
verserà una lacrima al pensiero
 della donna che si sta lasciando alle spalle.
e solta uma lágrima pensando
na mulher que deixou para trás.
он пускает одинокую слезу в мыслях
о девушке, которую оставляет здесь.