In this chapter, we learn that all of the people in the town have died, except for the monster and the girl named hermit. They're still alive, but they're not as strong as they used to be. The monster says that he'd rather die in this world than live in the real one. The girl says that she's been looking for her mother, so they've come to find her. She's also looking for the guy who stole the town's treasure, which is the shinobi-totter, who lives on the other side of town in a cave. The guy says that the girl is always staring at him in space, and that he was forced to run for his life. The hermit says that's not true, and the monster is glad to have found her. He's glad to be back on the Iron Hill, where he was before.