Anna talked to Faust that night. Faust was in his clinic with Eliza.

"Faust," Anna said. "I need you to take a trip to Izumo. Please leave tonight. I need you to send a message to Yoh's grandfather." She handed Faust the envelope and some money. "Here, take this so that you and Eliza can take the train tonight."

Faust asked, "Shall I be back tomorrow?"

Anna answered, "Um… No. You and Eliza could also go sight seeing. Go see the temples or something."

Faust nodded and packed a few things of his own and Eliza packed hers. Then, they walked off together.

Anna, actually it was Elrich, smiled upon seeing the two off. "Now, I just have to get rid of Tamao." She snickered.

Tamao was watching her secretly. 'Why would she want me to go?' She was more puzzled than ever.

Anna went back in. Then, she noticed Tamao. "Why are you watching me?"

Tamao was now scared. "Oh…. No… I'm not watching you, Miss Anna. I was simply wondering why Faust and Eliza left. I didn't know you were there."

Anna nodded and smiled. "I see. Well, you better get sleep. You're going to Izumo tomorrow right?"

Anna went inside. Tamao followed her. Tamao felt different in Anna's presence.

Anna made some more green tea for Yoh. She added a little something as well – a sleeping pill.

'When he wakes up in the morning, he'll drink this and he'll sleep all day. When that happens, he'll wake up in the night and he'll think he just woke up from a dream.' Elrich thought.

Anna asked, "What are you going to do with Yoh when he wakes up after drinking that?"

Elrich was surprised. "You can hear my thoughts?"

Anna answered annoyingly, "We are in the same body, aren't we? I'm suppose to hear your thoughts."

Elrich asked, "Why can't I hear yours?"

Anna answered, "I'm not thinking of anything else but how to get you out of here."

Elrich laughed. "Well, I must inform you that you can't get out of there. Elroy's chains are very strong." Then, she thought, 'I'm glad that she doesn't know that I'm going to seduce Hao so that I could kill him."

Anna said, "You can't seduce him like that. You're going to act like you can't sleep and you'll ask him if you could sleep beside him. That might work but not on that approach. He'll be so awake to sleep again."

Elrich stammered, "How… did… you… know?"

Anna answered, "I can hear your thoughts remember?"

Elrich nodded. "Yeah. I knew that." Elrich smiled nervously. 'I better be careful of what I think…"

Anna shouted, "You better be."

Elrich smiled nervously. "I guess I better not give him the tea. I'll listen to you this once."

Anna poured the tea on the bushes outside the kitchen window. Tamao watched her from a very far distance. 'Maybe, it wasn't good.' Tamao thought.

That morning, Tamao decided to leave early, when Yoh and Anna are still in bed. Ponchi will stay behind to watch over Anna's actions. Tamao headed toward the nearest inn as possible. But she found nothing.

She walked on and saw a very large house with a nameplate beside the door (like on Yoh's house in the series) that says OYAMADA. She looked around. There wasn't anyone around so she decided to knock.

An old man answered, "Oyamada residence. Who would be here so early?" Then, the old man looked at Tamao. "Hello, miss. How may I help you?"

Tamao answered, "I'm looking for Oyamada Manta. Does he live here?"

The old man nodded. "Yes, he does. I'm his guardian, Yamazaki Ottou. Please do come in. Master Manta will be awake any minute."

Tamao entered the house. It was a lot bigger inside. There was a pond on the left side and a garden on the right. Inside the house was well furnished with old Japanese furniture.

In the living room, there was a couch and a coffee table. Yamazaki offered Tamao a seat.

"Please wait for Master Manta here." Yamazaki said. "Would you like coffee or tea?"

"Tea would be fine." Tamao replied. Yamazaki gave her a pot of tea and a glass.

Back at the house/hot spring, Yoh woke up. He wasn't expecting to see that the house was deserted. The hot spring had days like this.

'There were no customers yesterday, so definitely there would be no people around.' Yoh thought.

He wondered into the kitchen and saw Anna cooking breakfast. Anna saw him and smiled. Then, she continued stirring pancake mix in a bowl.

Yoh was in the dining room alone. Before the house became a hot spring, there were people running around the house. Now, it was deserted. Although he didn't notice, Ponchi was there, watching every single movement someone makes in the house.

Anna came out of the kitchen door carrying two plates of pancakes. She sat beside Yoh. Yoh felt quite uneasy at the thought that Anna was trying to be sweet to him. Anna sliced a piece out of the pancake and spoon-fed it to Yoh.

Yoh bit the piece on Anna's fork. "Thank you. You don't have to do this you know."

Anna answered, "Why not? After all, I'm your fiancée, am I not?"

Yoh nodded and Anna continued feeding him. Sometimes, Yoh spoon-fed Anna with his pancakes. It took a while until the pancakes were gone. Ponchi was actually drooling while watching them eat. So he left and looked for Tamao.

Yoh stood up. "I'm going to work now."

Anna stood up also. She held Yoh's hand. "Do you have to?"

Yoh smiled. "Well, yes."

Anna let go of Yoh. She followed him all the way out of the house.

Inside, Elrich was blowing with annoyance. "How dare he say that? After I spoon-fed him like Eliza? Can't he see your charms, Anna?"

Anna answered, "He's not that sensitive, you know."

At the Oyamada residence, Manta woke up when Yamazaki knocked on the door. Manta rubbed his eyes and opened the door.

"Someone was looking for you this morning, Master Manta." Yamazaki said as he entered Manta's room and started assist him in dressing.

"Ottou, who could it be? Is he still here?" asked Manta as Yamazaki handed him a clean polo shirt.

"She's a very lovely girl with pink hair, carrying a suitcase with her. She's currently having tea at the living room." Yamazaki answered and handed him his necktie.

"Did you say pink hair?" Manta asked. Yamazaki handed him his pants this time.

Mosuke appeared beside Manta. Of course, Yamazaki can't see him. "Manta, it must be Tamao. And a grown-up man like you shouldn't be seeking assistance when dressing."

Manta murmured, "I just got used to it."

Yamazaki looked at him. "Anything wrong, Master Manta?"

Manta shook his head and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth. After brushing, he went downstairs to meet Tamao. Yamazaki and Mosuke followed him.

"Hi, Tamao. Why are you here so early?" asked Manta.

Tamao stood up. "Manta. Good morning. I hope I didn't disturb your sleep. I'm just in trouble."

Yamazaki left the room. Mosuke followed Manta to his seat.

Manta asked, "What type of trouble? Is Anna mad at you? Did you ran away or something?"

Tamao answered, "Not really. Anna gave me a vacation leave and told me to go back to Izumo. But the thing is, Anna doesn't give vacation leaves unless it was needed. And lately she's so sweet to Yoh. I just can't help being suspicious."

Manta replied, "I guess you're just not used to it. Anna maybe sending signs to Yoh about their engagement, that they must go to the next level which is marriage."

Tamao answered, "I don't know… if Miss Anna wants to ask for something, she'll ask it straight forward. She's not the type who sends signs, you know."

Manta thought of the situation for a moment. "I see. You know Yoh all your life, is that why you're worried?"

Tamao blushed a little. "Well, actually, yes. And I'm also worried about Miss Anna too. It seems like she wants to get rid of everybody that's why she sent Faust and Eliza to a trip to Izumo too."

Manta answered, "Is that so? And you're also going to Izumo? That's weird."

Tamao nodded. "Yes. Weird. It's like a spirit took over her or something. Now, I'm looking for a place to stay for a little time, while Miss Anna thinks that I'm in Izumo."

Manta offered, "Would you like to stay here?"

Tamao nodded and said, "Thank you so much, Manta."

Then, Ponchi came. He was running to Tamao when he bumped into Conchi.

"Ouch. That hurts, Ponchi." Conchi tried to stand up.

Ponchi stood up too and went to Tamao. "Tamao, morning report. Anna spoon-fed Yoh like they were Eliza and Faust. And I don't want to go back there, alone with Anna. Yoh went to work already."

Tamao said angrily, "Is that why you came here? To report me something like that? I want you to keep an eye over Miss Anna 24/7. How come you're so chicken to stay there?"

Ponchi wasn't able to reply. Now, he's scared at Tamao.

Ponchi answered, "I'm so sorry Miss Tamao."

Manta smiled. "That's okay, Tamao. I'll go to the hot spring to check on Anna, if what you say is true. She'll order me around all day if she's the real Anna. Don't worry I'll make some excuse."

Tamao stood up. "Wow. Thank you, Manta."

Manta stood up also. "Yamazaki," Yamazaki showed himself. "Help Tamao settle in. She's going to stay here for a while."

Yamazaki answered, "Yes, Master."

Tamao thought as she saw Manta left, 'Oyamada Manta, a spy.'