In this short scene, the narrator laments the fact that women are forbidden from entering the fire festival until the end of the festival. He laments that his fiancee, Otsume, has bought herself a new wardrobe, and that he has forced her to leave him because of her weak health. He feels guilty about the whole thing, and wishes that he could be friends with her instead of having to deal with her constant nagging. He tells the narrator that he is jealous of his fiancee's new clothes and wishes he could buy her a new pair of shoes. The narrator tells him that he should have invited her to a party at which he would have been invited, but he refuses to go because he is afraid that she will be jealous of him.