A Great Distance in the Wind, the Sky at Dawn - Chapter Nine.Where Suzu realizes that everyone is covering up the accident because of the ruler of the area, she begins to have doubts about Queen Kei and how this could happen. A man named Sekki takes her to an inn and introduces her to his little brother Koushou. They ask her to forget about the incident since the man who did it is protected by men higher up in the government. Yoko also finds out that the man who ran over the boy is named Shoukou. When she discusses it with Enho, he tells her she'll need evidence since she did not see who was in the carriage and that she cannot be seen to be above the law. Meanwhile Asano shows Shoukou his weapon and he's very keen to try and replicate it. Shoukou tells Asano about how he circumvents the laws of the gods and hunts people. Rakushin leaves Shoukei and gives her some money. She is on her way to Kei, now to find a job and not her original plan to dethrone the new queen. Keiki arrives in the village to get Yoko's signature on some things dealing with the government. Suzu leaves and Asano tries to get her to stay but she has nothing of it. Asano then sees Keiki and tells Shoukou about it. Suzu buys a touki dagger that is able to kill sennin.