The chapter opens with a discussion of the "sexy content" of "her century." Young people are interested in that stuff, and the narrator thinks that a book like "An Elf's Century" might be one of those books. The narrator is disappointed that the book does not have anything special. The protagonist of the book is an elf girl, who lives in a fantasy land with a bunch of other elves who live up to 500 years old. She tames a bird and flies out of her home, but it's eaten by a giant bird outside. After that, "slices of life" continue to unfold. At the end of the chapter, though, the elf girl's homeland is invaded by outsiders and all of her family's wealth is stolen. She even cuts off the head of her father to prove that she's loyal to her clan. After two years, the narrator finally sees the protagonist again. It's on his way to work, and he doesn't expect to see her again. He wonders if there's a sequel to "An elf'sCentury." The narrator says that he's already had 200 years of his own life, and that his images are getting blurred.