In the meantime, the villagers are busy preparing for the annual sacrifice of the village insect god, which is to take place in their cave. As the villagers prepare for the ceremony, they are interrupted by the insect god's servant, who asks them why they have come to the village. The servant tells them that the village has been protecting the villagers for generations, and that they hold a yearly ritual in which they offer a "self-proclaimed beauty" as a sacrifice. The villagers are horrified at the idea of sacrificing a living person, but the servant assures them that he will offer them a "beauty as sacrifice"