Anna Karenina

Please leave.

Miss Remon, you kinda seem different from the last time.

Remon.

That's no way to treat people you are beholden to.

You must thank them properly.

We didn't come here to get thanked.

Who are you anyway?

I beg your pardon.

I am Kankitsu Akitsuki.

Remon's fiancé… her future husband.

Huh?!

Remon's Secret I understand.

Remon's Secret

Remon's Secret I wasn't aware, I apologize!

As you can see,

Remon is quite busy with fittings for the wedding.

We are quite short on time.

May I ask you to take your leave?

May I return this handkerchief?

I forgot to give it back the last time.

That will do.

Please leave now.

I see.

I'm sorry we bothered you.

Huh?!

But Big Bro, you came to return the handkerchief!

Forget it. We're leaving.

I just don't get it at all!

Is that what girls are like?

She treated us like we were intruders.

Were we the only ones who felt like we'd become friends?

Does that mean Remon didn't feel the same way?

On top of which, she had a fiancé!

Hey, I wonder what that was all about?

Uh…

Over here!

Hey! The sun's setting.

You shouldn't be out playing here. You should head home.

I'm not playing.

I'm looking for my way home!

Your way home? Where's your house?

Daidai Village!

I can't remember which way to go all of a sudden.

C'mon! You should learn where your house is, at least.

Guess we have no choice.

We have to take her to her village.

Daidai Village is where Miss Remon lives, right?

What's wrong?

If it's about that handkerchief, I'll buy you all that you want.

Please allow me to return to my room.

Oh, yes.

I forgot to mention.

Until the ceremony, you'll be staying in a special room.

A special room?

Why must I stay here?

I feel remorse.

I've ignored you for far too long

and left you in an unsafe environment, my dear Remon.

And so…

I prepared a place for you that is safer than anywhere else.

Still, a place like this?!

It's like I'm a—!

Lady Remon!

I can't have anything happen to my bride before the wedding ritual.

You must be well aware of that too, right, Remon?

This is all for the sake of the village.

I understand.

And…just in case, I'll take this for safekeeping.

Please wait!

But that's the precious clip to guard my memories from Soma!

I know.

But the wedding ritual is right around the corner.

In order to make sure nothing happens to the precious hair clip,

I, your future spouse, will hold it for safekeeping.

You've changed.

You were not like this before.

Anzu! Where have you been?

Looks like everything has turned out well.

All that fuss for nothing!

All of a sudden, I couldn't remember where the village was.

Hey, since we've come all this way…

How about trying to see Miss Remon one more time?

We didn't get a chance to talk with her earlier.

Don't be stupid!

We can't do something like that?!

Well, aren't you worried about her?

She wasn't that cold when we saw her in the village.

Well that's—!

What a cruel thing to do!

Lord Kankitsu used to be much kinder in the past!

Even with the hair clip…

He's just very nervous

because he has such a huge responsibility on his shoulders.

After all, the ritual has to go smoothly, no matter what.

About that…

It seems someone else in the village has lost their memory.

No way!

As a result, the girl got lost.

Luckily, some travelers came to her rescue.

But why so soon?

Nothing like this was mentioned in the legend.

I don't know.

We must hurry with the wedding ritual.

Lady Remon!

What's going on?

Security wasn't this tight this afternoon.

Yeah…

It's strange enough that Miss Remon was so cold all of a sudden.

But the moment we came to see her, security got tighter.

There's gotta be something going on.

I guess we should just go see Miss Remon

and ask her about what's going on one more time.

Roger!

This isn't a mission, but a personal investigation.

Unnecessary involvement is forbidden, okay?

That's what you say,

but you're the one who really wants to talk to Miss Remon, Big Bro!

Th-That's ridiculous!

Super sour!

Mr. Konohamaru, hurry and try it too!

Huh?

Will do.

Super sour!

Even though he said he didn't like sour things,

he still choked way too much!

Hey, he really made such a funny face.

Did I really look that funny?

Mr. Konohamaru!

What are you doing here?

Who did this to you?

Lord Kankitsu did.

But he did this out of concern for me.

Concern?

I don't care how concerned he is. This is too cruel.

I don't mind.

You're being weird, Miss Remon.

You're different from the time we met in the village.

You don't have your hair clip.

Yes.

Lord Kankitsu said he would hold on to it.

Does my hair look funny?

No, I didn't mean it that way!

Hey, it's not funny at all, Boruto!

Well, that's a relief.

That's the Remon we know.

Whatever the reason, we can't leave you like this.

Shall I go and talk to Mr. Kankitsu?

It's quite all right.

This is the only way to save the village.

Save the village? What do you mean?!

Will you tell us?

The story begins 400 years ago.

Daidai Village was at risk of being destroyed

by a demon monster known as Soma.

Soma is a monster that consumes human memories.

Human memories?!

Once someone loses their memory,

they don't recognize their families, and even forget who they are.

It's said they waste away and die.

It's supposed to have looked like this.

A monster with horns, huh?

And what happened to Soma?

In order to save the village,

Lady Kuen, the shrine maiden at that time,

set out to exterminate Soma.

But Soma was too strong,

and she could not completely destroy it.