Volume 2

Curiosity killed the cat.
Chise is transported into the memory of the stagnation. Part of the stagnation was a women named Mina, the women that first told her to erase her. Her body was weak. Her husband, Matthew had heard of a magician, and set off to obtain medicine that would aid her. Mina later finds her husband in their shed, the corpses of cats hanging from the roof, and littered in barrels.

Love conquers all.
Matthew had produced a potion under the guidance of the magician. He promised that after a short burst of pain, she would have a new, stronger body. Instead, Mina melted. The magician appears, telling Matthew that it was all an experiment to see if there was a way to refine the process, but the curse of the beasts was too strong.

Matthew becomes mad and goes to kill more cats. They await outside the shed, and begin to devour him and appoint a cat king to watch over the remains of his soul. Mina joins him, and together they form the stagnation.