Merry suddenly collapses, so Yumeji takes him home where his friend, Isana Tachibana, and her father help look after her. Merry explains to Yumeji that she had been hunting dream demons, trying to find a way back to the world she came from, only to be met with more questions. Later that night, Merry decides to leave to do things on her own, whilst Yumeji settles his resolve to help her. Meanwhile, a girl named Yumi with dreams of becoming a nurse suddenly ends up in a different dream world with her resident dream demon, Serio. Serio is suddenly killed, which causes Yumi to lose all drive in her goals.
気をうしなったメリーをカフェSTOまで運ぶ夢路。そこで夢路の幼馴染の橘勇魚（たちばないさな）に出会い、橘家にやっかいになる。
メリーは夢路に、自分が夢魔であることを明かすが、「アタシは、気づいた時には、ここにいたの。」と何も覚えていない様子。だが、確実なのは「幻界（ユメ)」と「現界（うつつ）」がつながる時、夢魔がやってくるということだった。
