This chapter's epigraph comes from a soliloquy by the young master, in which he laments the fact that his master has not yet delivered the mermaid pearl. The young master asks the demon to deliver the pearl as promised, but the demon refuses, saying that he cannot even lift his arm. He tells the master that he can do everything he can to help him, but he cannot sleep with the mermaid. The demon tells him that even after he has grown up, he will never be able to win the mermaid's love.