Rikurou and Miki travel to the Crimson Building to seek the guidance of the seer Aish, the Crimson Queen. After Rikurou engages in a ritualistic sexual encounter with Aish to obtain information, a shocking betrayal unfolds. It is revealed that Miki is a puppet for the sorcerer Barde Barde, who used Rikurou to paralyze Aish in order to steal the philosopher's stone embedded in her heart.