In this chapter, the young protagonist, named Nocter, describes his first meeting with the protagonist's codename, codename "Mystia." Nocter tells the protagonist that he was supposed to pick him up from school, but that his mother left early, so they had to walk to the school together. The protagonist decides that he will marry Mystia, since she is so different from the other characters in the game. Nocter describes his childhood, when he was sixteen years old. One day, he saw a child about to be killed by a truck, and he thought he had died. At the age of sixteen, he had the persona of a sixteen-year-old, which was why people said he didn't behave like a child in the games. In the novel, he describes the setting of the game, which is part modern, part medieval, and full of "elites and meets" . At first, he turned down his friend's proposal, thinking that he would not be able to take down a target in the modern world. However, he realizes that the setting is so similar to his own life that he can enjoy playing the game in the same way. He also realizes that he has no social skills, so he will be safe in the world of the modern setting. He decides to take his offhand reply to the protagonist three months later.