The scene opens with a flashback to the beginning of the novel, in which the narrator is walking through the streets of a small town in South Korea. He is afraid of the darkness that seems to swallow everything around him, and he gives up on his journey. He sees a butterfly fluttering in the air, and follows it. At the butterfly's end, someone is waiting for him. The narrator asks if this is the same person who called him all the way to this point in the novel. He asks if he is fine even if he marries someone else. He tells the narrator to live a boring life, grow old, and die. He says that he has some pollen in his eyes. He then asks if it is true that the young master who appears in Mongjeongdo is actually the same man as the narrator's father, Mr. J. Jangdol. The tramp says that it is not true, but that the narrator should not blush over the fact that they are both homosexuals. The problem is that the men in the story are described as being homosexuals, and the narrator worries that he will see more bloodshed in the future. He also worries about the rumor that the master has been trying to adopt a son, but he is worried that the bloodshed will occur again. He worries that the same people who witnessed the deaths of the young masters opponents will also witness the same deaths. He warns the tramp that he must not talk about the wedding, because he won't be able to get married. He wants to know why the place is so noisy, why there is so much shaking, why it is so loud when he is alone. He