Souemon and Doushun run into each other at Nekoya. Their respective nations have a hostile relationship, so it doesn't take much to get them started arguing. Yet they still arrive at the same time and even share a table. Another day, another battle of pride...

Shaved ice is being served for a limited time, starting today. Aletta and Kuro are taste-testing, and they can't conceal their surprise at its sweetness, its coldness, and the brain freeze it gives them. Then an elf named Ilzegant, who lives on a floating island in the sky, enters Nekoya...