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.
I control the spirits of the dead.
 They call me a necromancer.
أتحكّم بأرواح الموتى، يدعونني بمستحضرة أرواح
Ein Gebieter über rächende Totengeister.
Ein sogenannter Nekromant.
Puedo usar a los espíritus.
Soy una nigromante.
Puedo usar a los espíritus.
Soy una nigromante.
Sono una che usa gli spiriti dei morti...
Sou uma necromante.
Controlo os espíritos dos mortos.