The narrator and the narrator's father discuss the possibility of the two of them writing a poem together. The narrator decides to write the first poem, which she calls "daisy," and the father writes the second, which he calls "melodrama." The narrator asks the father what his poem is, and he tells her that it is a poem about the chrysanthemum, which is a flower of the chrysanthemum family. He says that he does not know if this world is as magical as his original world, but he does know that in both kingdoms there are "almost no literary figures" like his original. He explains that this time-traveling journey has given him an "innate advantage" because he can refer to so many figures in his world. He begins by translating an oriental poem about chrysanthemums, a flower that is a symbol of the flower family. When the narrator reaches for the chrysanthemum's petals, she sees the dew dripping from the petals. She enjoys every bit of the poem. She asks the narrator to translate the poem for her, and she agrees to do so.