When the three of them are alone together, the creak of a door is heard. It is the demon's voice, and he asks the three if they are planning to kidnap the boy from the palace gate. They reply that they are going to use a secret passageway in the palace to escape detection. The demon then tells the three that he has come to rescue them from the mermaid. He tells them that if they want to save the boy, they should not ask for anything. The three then decide to go to sleep. They wonder why they are sharing a bed, and they wonder why the demon and they are a family. They also wonder what happened to the girl they met in the lantern festival.