Mitsuyoshi Tada and his photography club members had a good time together at his grandfather's coffee shop. They were reviewing Ijuin's detailed pictures of his mother's ring, especially the little gemstone embedded on it. Not only pictures, he also showed his friends a video he made that documented the gem's color-changing process from bluish green to purplish red. Yui sneaked between them to satisfy her curiosity. She was astonished by the exceptional beauty of the gemstone. She wondered, "What kind of stone is that?"

"I never know," Ijuin replied.

Yamashita exclaimed, "That thing must be valuable! It could worth thrice Tada-senpai's camera or maybe much more!"

The club president estimated, "Maybe 500 thousand yen?"

"I never know either, Mitsuyoshi," he smiled.

Teresa gave him an advice, "You better never consider to sell it, Ijuin-kun. That treasure is extremely meaningful to your mother. I'm sure of it."

"Keep it hidden or others will be jealous," Hasegawa joked. "It won't be good if others see you as a high-profile boy."

Ijuin explained, "You're right, Hasegawa-san. Besides, my mom didn't acquire it by paying some cash. It's an inheritance."

Four hours to midnight, Hasegawa and Yamashita decided to go home earlier, while Ijuin and Teresa wanted to stay a bit longer in order to spend more time with Tada family. They were just 10 meters from the coffee shop when they saw someone familiar. Hasegawa greeted, "Alec-san, welcome back! How are you?"

Yamashita asked, "You're gonna study at our school again, aren't you?"

"I'm fine, thank you. I didn't plan to continue my study here. And… it's good to see you."

Alec who still brought her suitcase made an entrance to Tada Coffee Shop and greeted her friends. They greeted her back with smiles on their face. Since they all might think she would continue her life in Japan, she explained her true intention to come back before any of them asked. "Charles permitted me to see you all here. He can't join us tonight since he has some important agendas. I came here straight from the airport and I'll depart for Paris on Monday." Then, she turned to Teresa and asked if she could stay at her place. Of course, she happily granted her request.

Suddenly, Nyanko Big cut their chat by leaping to Alec. She put something out of the paper bag she carried. She spoke to the cat, "Thanks for reminding me. Here's a little gift for you. You must have recognized the scent since I came here." She gave Nyanko Big 10 pieces of salmon sashimi she purchased specially for him. Mitsuyoshi took pictures of his cat eating the sashimi in order to make a new content of Nyanko Big's blog. After he finished his meal, he sat on Teresa's thigh, closed his eyes, and entered his dream realm.

"There won't be any additional dinner for him," Mitsuyoshi stated. They all giggled, responding to what he just said.

Alec wondered what they did a few minutes earlier. "Let me guess, another club meeting?"

They all nodded. Teresa told her, "Ijuin-kun showed us something magnificent today."

She stared at Ijuin, making him felt intimidated. He then turned on his camera and showed her that valuable inheritance.

"Good gracious!" Alec gasped softly. "Is that… alexandrite?"

"Alexandrite?" they asked her altogether. "Its name is close to yours," Yui added.

She gave them a brief explanation, "Alexandrite is a gem which is able to change its color, mainly from green to red, usually triggered by daylight and incandescent light. It's rare and, of course, expensive." Then, she spoke directly to Ijuin, "That one you showed me, Ijuin-san, is astonishing enough. However, the one I saw many years ago was bigger and its color-changing feature was stronger."

"How do you know that it's an alexandrite?" Teresa wondered.

"Actually, Teresa, I was interested in gemstones when I was little. You never know that before, right?"

"Tell us more, please?" Teresa appealed. At first, Alec looked down and refused that request due to her distrust to one of them. She wanted her sorrowful past life to remain unknown. Realizing that he was the one she doubted, Ijuin asked if any of them know why the Ijuin Kaoru Show existed. Alec directly told him that all of them knew the answer. Only, he wasn't the one who made them know.

Ijuin felt so relieved to hear that. Alec decided to give him a chance. However, she gave him a sadistic gaze as she warned him, "You know what's gonna happen to you if you tell someone else about this confidential information. Understand?"

"I… understand. Please don't hit me," he begged with fear.

"No need to be that harsh, Alec…" Teresa murmured in her heart.

Before she began, she called Shozo to order a cup of coffee for herself. Mitsuyoshi and Yui asked for her permission to ask her 'stupid' questions in case that they didn't really listen to her since they also had to do their jobs. Shortly afterwards, she started to tell them her story, "I loved gemstones so much back then. It was because my family had a collection of those shiny things. Nearly all of them were actually gifts. They were all beautiful."

Mitsuyoshi cut the story, "Pardon me for asking this. It's okay if you don't want to answer. Were you born with a silver spoon in your mouth?"

"Yes, I was born from a well-heeled family," Alec confirmed. "My parents had good relation with the royal family. The first time I went to the palace, I played along with the little princess of Larsenburg and we have become best friends since then." They all smiled hearing that truth, including Shozo who was delivering Alec's coffee. Teresa's smile was the brightest among them.

She continued, "I always wanted to make my own gemstone necklace with a gem that I chose myself. I had even bought my own golden string. I told my desire to my parents once and I was pessimistic about it. I wasn't sure whether they would buy me a gem. Miraculously, my dream came true 3 months after my fourth birthday. My parents didn't give me any present on that special day, but they promised me something more fabulous."

Ijuin tried to guess, "They took you to an exhibition?"

Yui shared her own speculation, "Or maybe, they introduced you to a well-known collector?"

Alec preferred not to give them any spoiler. She just told them to pay more attention to the next part. "We flew to Las Vegas and entered a massive building. Before we entered a hall inside that building where many people gathered..."