The chapter opens with a soliloquy by the tengu. The tengu tells the boy that he's been working hard to find his mother. The boy says that he doesn't want to look for his mother, but he does want to live in the land that he was born in. He wants to be with someone who will make him happy, even if that person is the master of the land. The master tells him that if he wants someone to like him, he needs to think about the feelings of the other person.