Miharu is scheduled to take time off school and transfer to another hospital for surgery. She feels both anxious about the upcoming procedure and sad to be moving away from her friends. Seeing Miharu in her emotional state, Mishima resolves to participate in his first meet as a regular on the swim team, but the event falls on the same day as Miharu's transfer. As Mishima heads to the meet, he leaves a certain object with Honda.
"Once upon a time, the mermen lived 
at the bottom of a deep, deep ocean."
كان يا ما كان، خيلان صغير يعيش
.في أعماق أعماق المحيط
Vor langer, langer Zeit,
im tiefen, tiefen Meer
Hace mucho tiempo, las sirenas vivían
en el fondo del profundo, profundo mar.
Hace mucho tiempo, las sirenas vivían
en el fondo del profundo, profundo mar.
« Il était une fois,
tout au fond des océans,
"Tanto tempo fa,
"Há muito, muito tempo, o tritão 
vivia bem lá no fundo do oceano."
Давным-давно, на дне 
глубокого-глубокого океана жил водяной.