The chapter opens with a flashback to the school festival, in which Rakan shows his son how to use his magic scroll to defeat his master. The flashback shows that Rakan's magic scroll, which he calls the "dark magic" scroll, is the same one he used to slay his father. When Rakan tells his son to choose darkness instead of light, Rakan warns him that it will be hard for him to do so. He tells him to grab the scroll and overcome the trial if he can, otherwise the scroll will kill him