The narrator tells us that this story is "purely fictitious" and that no resemblance is made between it and real events. He says that he will start training little zhan again tomorrow. The narrator says that it is strange that they haven't seen their father, but that they can sneak into the treasury of the fungus tribe while Julius is away preparing for the offering. It's likely that he's in the treasury, and the smell of honey will make him want to go. He and eros go off to find the key to the cave, but they can't find it yet, so they're going to have to sneak in through the canopy. They're about to fall when they hear the sound of the cave's entrance.