This chapter opens with a soliloquy by the young woman. She asks the young man if he is also here to make a challenge. The young man replies that he is not, but that he wants to propose marriage. He tells her that he loves her and wants to care for her for the rest of his life. He says that he would not agree to a marriage without his father's permission. He then asks if she would marry him if the city lord agreed. She says that she would not marry him without his consent. He replies that if she married him, the sect would back him up so that he could be a true city lord. He asks her why she came to the city. She replies that she did not expect him to be so hard on her. She then tells him that if he were killed here, she