The narrator tells the beggars that they can survive for days on the street if they work hard. He tells them to go and find a job. The beggars are shocked to find that the girl they used to beg with is actually a woman named Fuya. The narrator tries to convince the girl to stop begging, but she refuses to eat. She tells him that she will marry him when she grows up. She promises to take care of him when he grows up and promises to do the same for her when she is older. She says she will wait for him to marry her. He says he will do some tasks for the mercenary guild so that he can get some cash. He asks the narrator to act stupidly once they have gotten inside the mansion, but the narrator says that relationship with the lord is crucial for them. He also tells the narrator that he will be a disciple one day of the northern swordsman. When the narrator asks where he is from, he says that the mansion is closed to everyone and that he has to give a gift to the lord personally. He wants to see the lord, but he can't see him because he is a foreigner. He tries to get out of the mansion but is stopped by the narrator who says that he is the city lord.