It's been two weeks since midran returned from his trip to the dungeon. He asks if it's really possible to reach the eighth circle with the body of a human being. The eighth circle is known to be impossible, but he'll overcome it and reach the ninth circle, which nobody else has reached. Midran asks if he's on his way back from the dungeon, and midran tells him that it took him a long time to get there. He also tells Midran that the rumors about the dungeon were exaggerated, and that it was a "fruitless journey." He's confident that he can do it, because there's only three magicians on the continent who have mastered the seventh circle, and he says that if he could, he'd be the one to do it. He tells midran to leave early the next morning, so that his breakfast can be ready in the morning, and to have a good night's sleep.