In this chapter, the protagonist explains that he is imagining things. He says that he has come to audition for the role of the prince because he wants to use the opportunity to make others realize that the foreign prince visiting has a connection to the country. He also explains that the spittoons have been placed on the foreheads of the ghosts so that they can see them again and avoid being killed by the ghosts. He explains that they are making an eighteen-year-old high school student willingly wear a hat made of a piece of spittoon. The protagonist wonders where the hat came from and wonders if there is a way to make him wear such a hat. He asks the protagonist to help him collect the money so that he can use it to buy the clothes he will need to play the part of a young lady. He is worried that the protagonist will fail his audition and lose his chance to meet the prince.