The next morning, the class president and the teacher discuss the upcoming flag-raising ceremony. The class president tells the teacher that he is usually the representative of the three- and two-fold subjects chosen in high school. The subjects include history, geography, material, chemistry, and biology. The teacher tells him that the jadeite-pill clan has a strict privacy policy, and that outsiders are not permitted to teach the monastic lifeway. The elder of the clan tells the group that he has some confusing questions about alchemy, drawing, and gambling. He says that the clan exploits mortals, gambles, and crafts pills that are useful only once.