In this chapter, we learn the story of the beast king and his relationship with rintaro. The beast king tells us that he is stronger than anyone else in the land, and that he will soon be the strongest king in the world. He explains that in his country, power symbolized the nation, and his strength was what qualified him to be king, but his power was rejected by the only one he ever loved. He lost his confidence, and with it, he lost the ability of change into his beast form. He says that he was about to become the next king of the kingdom, but he could not bear the thought of the expectations that came with it. So he left the country. To lose that power, is to lose your power, became completely your strength. became completely powerless, and re-alized that I had nothing else . He begins to hate himself more and more, but then, a light shines upon his despondent form, and he is lifted from his despair. The only thing that makes him feel better is the fact that he has just met the fated pair of boars.