"With their feelings for each other growing more complicated, Kei decides he needs to really get away from Chouko for a while and agrees to take a trip to the hot springs with his publisher. Chouko, meanwhile, has hooked up with a literary club that just happens to idolize Kei. When they find out he's going on a trip, they decide they are going to follow him. It's all a bit too much for Kei, who returns home and tries to lose himself in his work....

"The Legend Begins Ophelia, a woman who once traveled with the legendary Beard Fist, tells her tales of adventure to a new friend, Sima. And what better place to start a story, than the beginning? In this adventure, we learn just how Ophelia met Beard Fist and his traveling companion, Chap, one snowy night..." --