The next morning, the prince asks why he has to stay in the mountains. The prince says that the general is planning to leave him there as food for the wolves. The general has been ordered by the Emperor to check the border with China, and he will be punished if he does not do so. He says that he will not interfere in the general's plan to leave the prince in the mountain, because the prince will be unconscious when he takes the pill, and his memory will not be able to recall what has happened today. He tells the prince that everything he does is for him, and that he is going down to the mountain to take care of him.