The scene opens with a flashback to the previous chapter, in which we learn that the young ward, who is now called "the old me," has decided to return to school. He has come to bring the "old me" back to him, but the young student, who was once his best friend, is now sick and unable to attend class for two days. The young ward tries to revive her, but she is too weak to do so. He tells her that he has bought some fruit for her, and that he is glad that she has come back. She tells him that she wants him to help her in the making of statues, so that she can graduate. He says that he will never touch a statue again, so she can pretend to be his friend, but he will tell her the truth: he despises people like her so much, and he wants her to stay away from him so that he can get a good grade without having to be like her