Seigi bumps into his old friend, Hase, and tells him the story of his grandmother’s ring. Hase visits Richards shop, not realising Seigi works there, with a Fire Opal and tells him an altered version of Seigi’s story. Richard knows he is lying so Hase angrily leaves. The next time they meet Hase asks Seigi about “Kainoshi”, of which Seigi is ignorant. A lady named Hata visits the shop, revealing Hase is a nurse who stole the opal from her aunt Hisa, who has dementia. Hase insisted the opal was a gift for saving Hisa from a fire. After Hata leaves Hase returns. Richard refuses to buy the stolen opal so Hase tries to threaten Richard into buying it. Seigi finally confronts him and Hase explains Hisa called the opal “Kainoshi” and Hase planned to sell it to help pay her medical bills. Richard, correctly guessing Hisa has bad teeth, theorises Hisa actually said “Kai-no-Hi”, the story of a rabbit rescuing a skylark and receiving a fire opal as thanks. Hase leaves but later tells Seigi the real truth, he needed money to help his family, but instead he has returned the opal and quit his job. Seigi offers to tell Hata the truth but Hase refuses and apologises for disappointing Seigi. Richard, knowing Seigi would be upset, takes him to dinner and reassures him that it is admirable to be honest all the time.
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