In the west of the holy city, the priest asks the young man to tell his mother what has happened. The young man tells him that he has been invited by the emperor to help him in the war against the Mings. He says that he will go with the emperor, but that he does not want to go because he is afraid of the war. The priest says that the war is much more cruel than he imagines, and that he is a kind man who is involved in the killing of human beings. The two men agree to go together to the war