This chapter opens with a message from "Peach-pit," one of the characters from the first three volumes of the book. The message is from a girl named Soma, who has just returned from the summer vacation. The girl asks the boys to meet her at their house. The boys agree, and the girl tells them that she is a lost butterfly who needs to be tamed. She tells the boys that she will be back in school in a year, and they agree that they will meet her there. The girls tell the boy that he should be happy that he is starting school in the same year as the other students. The boy says that he will be happy because he has been in school with the girl for six years, and that they are inseparable. They talk about the upcoming school year and about the new student who will be joining them. They joke about the fact that the girl will be the new queen of the royal garden, but the boy says he does not want to be liked by boys.