Ep. 9: Ai and companions reach the Story Circle, facing illusions before finding Scar and heading to Ostia.
Ai sends a letter to Ulla and Kiriko while Tanya returns to her parents' home with other students. Alice and Dee travel with Ai, Julie, and Celica through wastelands where Julie explains Scar's identity crisis. Dee realizes it is Alice's birthday, prompting Ai to insist on a celebration despite her protests. Upon arriving at the foggy Story Circle, the birthplace of gravekeepers, they witness identical gravekeepers being born. Julie clarifies that identical gravekeepers form families, while some, like Ai's mother, are unique. As Dee departs, Ai, Julie, and Alice become separated in the fog, each confronting illusions of significant memories: Julie sees his late family, Alice notices a strange window, and Ai sees her parents Kizuna and Hana. Losing hope, Ai recalls their teachings. They reunite with Scar, where Julie promises to protect Celica, leading Ai and Alice to mistakenly believe he is proposing. Finally, Ai joins Alice's quest to save his world, traveling toward the town of Ostia.
Episodes
- Ep. 5 · Ai and Kiriko uncover the truth of Ortus as a deadly ceremony begins.
- Ep. 6 · Ai discovers Ulla's deadly power and Scar awakens a frozen child in Ortus
- Ep. 7 · Alice Color introduces himself to Ai at a clock tower before she is kidnapped and taken to Goran Academy.
- Ep. 8 · Students plan escape from Goran Academy while Ai stays behind for Tanya
- Ep. 9 · Ai and companions reach the Story Circle, facing illusions before finding Scar and heading to Ostia.
- Ep. 10 · Alice reveals the temporal loop of Class 3-4 to Ai and her companions in Ostia.
- Ep. 11 · Ai investigates Class 3-4 while Dee secretly destroys clues and hides the truth about the temporal loop.
- Ep. 12 · Dee confronts the truth of Alice's death while Class 3-4 prepares to leave their world.