After the Ikedaya Affair, you began working as a maid. One day, Sanosuke accompanies you into the city on an errand Hijikata asked you to run. On the way back to the headquarters, you told Sanosuke that you wanted to show him something and took him to a field outside the city where bright red hollyhocks were growing. You wanted to show Sanosuke the red flowers he likes so much, but he tells you that the red flowers he likes are different and that you don’t need to know about them. What is the meaning behind those words...?