In this chapter, we learn that the flame phoenix has been recognized by the entire village as a member of their clan. This is a big deal for the young man, who has been waiting for this recognition for a long time. He's so happy that he can't stop thinking about it. He wonders how long it has been since he felt this happy just from getting someone else's approval. He asks everyone to wake up and find out what's going on. Uncle Watt, Aunt Mattia, and the rest of the village are all lying around in the mud. The young man wonders why they're all lying there. He wants to know who's responsible for this horrible thing. He begs everyone to search the area for the murderer. The old man tells him to pack up and move quickly because the murderer might show up again. He says that the debt is still unpaid, and that the murderer could come back and kill them all again. Everyone wants him to run away and let the murderer off the hook, but he doesn't want the murderer to pay for their blood. He tells the old man that he's the leader of the clan and that his first priority is to make sure that the remaining members of the dwarves tribe live on. He also says that no one in the village is really eager to kill the murderer, so he'll leave it to him to do it for them. He promises that if the murderer comes back, he will have him suffer the same fate as they did.
In this chapter, we learn that the flame phoenix has been recognized by the entire village as a member of their clan. This is a big deal for the young man, who has been waiting for this recognition for a long time. He's so happy that he can't stop thinking about it. He wonders how long it has been since he felt this happy just from getting someone else's approval. He asks everyone to wake up and find out what's going on. Uncle Watt, Aunt Mattia, and the rest of the village are all lying around in the mud. The young man wonders why they're all lying there. He wants to know who's responsible for this horrible thing. He begs everyone to search the area for the murderer. The old man tells him to pack up and move quickly because the murderer might show up again. He says that the debt is still unpaid, and that the murderer could come back and kill them all again. Everyone wants him to run away and let the murderer off the hook, but he doesn't want the murderer to pay for their blood. He tells the old man that he's the leader of the clan and that his first priority is to make sure that the remaining members of the dwarves tribe live on. He also says that no one in the village is really eager to kill the murderer, so he'll leave it to him to do it for them. He promises that if the murderer comes back, he will have him suffer the same fate as they did.