Filled with concern that Mei might disappear at any moment, and desperate to make progress in his romance with her, Ougai tries to face the love he left behind in the past that has come out in his writing. However, when a phantom of his past love, Elise, appears, Ougai finds himself emotionally cornered. With the pain too much to bear, Ougai says that he will cease writing, but Mei, unaware of his reasons, begs him to keep writing.
Ougai-san is trying to write 
a novel about the lover
Ougai-san escribe una novela
sobre la mujer
Ougai-san escribe una novela
sobre la mujer
Vuole narrare della donna che
 incontrò quando andò a studiare all'estero
Ougai-san está tentando escrever
uma história sobre sua amante,
Огай пытается написать
роман о любимой,