In this chapter, the young prince tries to convince his father that he is engaged to be married, but the prince refuses to tell him the truth. He tells the prince that he was engaged to another woman three years ago, but she was killed on the suspicion that she was a spy from another clan. The prince asks the maid why she is helping him, and the maid tells him that she is a member of "the falling star palace" and that she will not be implicated in the murder of the other woman. She says that she wants the prince to know how it feels to be a threat to one's life.