The chapter opens with a flashback to a time before the events of the previous chapter. In this time, the protagonist is a young man, and he has just returned from a fight with a demon. He is overcome with emotion at the sight of the demon and realizes that he has no choice but to fight with her. He realizes that the only person who can defeat the demon is his only friend, laxus. He feels that he cannot compete with the other man because he is alone. He also realizes that there are other people around him, and that they can help him in any way they can.