In this chapter's epigraph, we are introduced to the protagonist of the story, who is called "Magister Negi 298th Period" because he is a member of the Society of Illustrious Men. He tells us that the future is uncertain and that he wishes to escape the "sweet dream of cosmo-ethos" . He explains that he spends his days "going too far shut-up in my room, to say I am an puter-screen ! . . and definition of non if I had to say, rea jo !" . In other words, he spends a lot of time thinking about what he would do if he did not have to live in the world. He says that he is proud of the fact that he has no friends and no family. He also says that his hatred of the world makes him the "textbook of real life" , which is why he spends so much time in his room. He adds that "the bigger the darker it is, the more ness it is in escaping the unspoiled heart of the universe." .