The chapter opens with a soliloquy by the "Gray Fairy" . She tells us that she's not alone. She's surrounded by a bunch of other people, including a girl named "Lamia Scale" , who's also a member of the "Ten Wizard." She'd be happy to be a part of the party, but she knows that she can't do much in a battle, so she doesn't want to be left out of the action. She says that she knows a lot of magic that will help her in any battle, and she'd like to be part of it, too. She also says that the girl is acting all shy, and that she thinks it's because the girl isn't paying attention to her. Then she says that it looks like the girl's ignoring her, and then she asks if she knows about the other people in the party. She adds that she is the "Kittymander," and that little Nemo is growing up into a beautiful young man. She then says that they're all in Nemo's room smelling the perfume of the forest. The magic is called "Nazarene," and it seems that the ancients used it to seal off the forest from the people who live there. Nemo says that he's never heard of this magic before, but he knows that the people living in the forest are gathering there to "get nirvana" for themselves. They're going to have to stop all the people from taking over the forest, so that they don't have to take over again. He says that each of the ten members of the Ten Wizard has enough magical power to crush a group of people on their own, so they've figured out that they have to have a stronghold on the forest to keep them from attacking them. They can'