The chapter opens with a soliloquy by a dark knight. He tells the story of how he came to be knighted. He explains that he was sent to the battlefield to hunt down fairies and that he had no choice but to join the dark knights because they were the only ones who were willing to fight for the fairies. He says that the dark knight's first task was to kill the fairies, but when they attacked, they refused to fight because they did not want to be recognized as belonging to an official guild. The dark knight says that they are now fighting against the official guild, the grimoire heart, because they are one of the "balam alliance" . They do not attack for no reason, he says, but only because they do not have the right to breathe. He adds that they have no rules in warfare, because there is no such thing as a war. He is interrupted by the sound of a woman's voice, which he calls "pop pop pop pop" , and he realizes that the woman has canceled out his kanji . He hears the sound again and realizes that it is the same sound as he had heard. He realizes that he has heard the woman cancel out her kanji and that the sound has returned to normal. He knows that he can take on the two fairies alone and that they will not escape what is waiting for them. He asks them to run away, but they refuse, saying that they must tell