When the love of Inspector Grevil's life, Jacqueline, visits the academy, Victorique tells a tale of the past in which she helped Grevil save Jacqueline from an accusation of murder—and demanded something from him in return.

Avril leads Kujo into a forbidden clock tower and tells him the ghost story of the alchemist who is said to haunt it. Later, Kujo follows a stranger into the clock tower and witnesses his mysterious death.