Rio and Latifa have entered a forest in the Wilderness. While she's sleeping, they're surrounded by a band of what appear to be demi-humans. The girls reveal themselves to be People of the Spirits. Rio tries to talk things out with them, but Uzuma, a winged beast person, finds Latifa and assumes that Rio has abducted her. Uzuma swoops down on Rio without giving him a chance to explain. Her sudden attack renders Rio unconscious. In his dreams, a beautiful girl with pink blonde hair appears to him as well as Amakawa Hayato's childhood friend, Ayase Miharu.
He's a marauder who has kidnapped 
one of our kin. And...
...إنه لصّ قام باختطاف واحدة منّا. و
Das ist ein Plünderer,
der jemanden von uns entführt hat. Darum …
Es un delincuente que secuestró a una de los nuestros…
Es un delincuente que secuestró a una de los nuestros…
C’est un pilleur qui a enlevé
une de nos semblables. Et puis…
È un razziatore che ha rapito 
una giovane del nostro popolo e...
Ele é um saqueador que sequestrou uma de nossas parentes. E...
Он бандит, похитивший 
нашего сородича...