Indaba iqala ngokufa kukaHikaru Mikado. Lowo mfana wayengumuntu okhangayo ngokwemvelo, "inkosi yama-harem", kodwa wayengenabo abangane bangempela besilisa. Ngemuva kokushona kwakhe, waba yisipoki, umphefumulo, kepha uKoremitsu Akagi uyambona. UKoremitsu nokho, akafani nse noHikaru. Izinwele zakhe ezibomvu namehlo akhe abukeka kabi amenza abukeke njengesigelekeqe, yize enomusa ngaphakathi. UHikaru umbuza umusa: ufuna ukufeza isithembiso, angabe esakwazi ukusifeza. Isithembiso bekungukunikeza intombi yakhe nengoduso yakhe, u-Aoi Saotome, izipho eziyi-7 ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lweshumi nesikhombisa. UKoremitsu uyamukela, futhi kufanele asebenze kanzima ukusiza ukufeza isithembiso sikaHikaru nge-Aoi.
