This chapter opens with a description of the princess of cloudea, a small neighboring kingdom next to the tearia. She is in the process of promoting diplomatic relations between her kingdom and the neighboring one. She has heard that the prince of the neighboring kingdom, alisandre, has fallen in love with another woman. The princess is deeply hurt by this news. She decides to go to the guard to ask him for help. The guard, named Willet, is on his first day on the job. He is very close to the prince, and the princess asks him to help her because he looks so close to her. Willet tells her that he has been rejected by the prince and that he wants to respect the prince's decision to keep the secret of his love. She blames herself for making the prince angry. She tells Willet that she will speak to ali-sandre.