The chapter opens with the dorm mother, who has just arrived at the school. She is very excited to meet her son, who is a new student at the academy. The mother tells her son that he is welcome to join the other students in the dormitory. She also tells him that he should not compare himself to an "idiotic high hang on" because he is not a "grade schooler" . He tells her that he has been ordered to eat "natto" and that he will not eat the "stomach weeds" that smell so bad. She tells him to eat his food quickly and to stop comparing himself to "an idiotic high hang-on" , because he will get her back.