Pecorine and Karyl, together with the Gourmet Guild's founders, Kokkoro and Yuuki, are able to secure a base of operations called a "guildhouse" from the Guild Association. Thrilled to begin their guild activities, they arrive at their new guildhouse only to find that it has been left abandoned for many years. Undeterred, the group sets to work tidying up.

Yuuki and Kokkoro visit their familiar haunt, the Cockatrice's Nest, to drop off a souvenir. However, they arrive to find the owner frantically making pudding, as though he's been possessed. Just then, a diviner named Shinobu arrives on the scene.