The chapter opens with a description of a nightmare in which the protagonist wakes up in a "cold sweat" . He tells the reader that he has often had nightmares in the past few days and that the nightmare is about a party he is going to have at the school tonight. He asks the protagonist to meet him at the gate of the school. The protagonist tells the protagonist that the party will be held in the school's gymnasium, and the protagonist asks if the girl with the light blue hair has yet to show up for the party. He then asks the boy why the girl has not yet shown up. The boy replies that she has sent a message that she will not show up, but the protagonist doesn't understand why she hasn't come to the party, since she sent the message saying she would not come. When the boy asks why she has not shown up, the protagonist tells him that the girl had sent him a message asking him not to invite her. He also tells the boy that he had changed his mind about inviting the girl, and now he wants to end the girl's secret crush on him by inviting her, but she has already come, and he is not willing to do so. He says that she does not deserve him, because she is pitiful, and that without his help, the girl would not have had the friends she has today. He goes on to say that she would bring bad luck to the protagonist if she were to meet her, because without him, she would be ignored by others, and she would have had to be bullied by the god of plague at school, and so on. He concludes that he is the guardian of the girl and that he will receive the surprise she has prepared for him. The chapter ends with the protagonist asking the boy what the surprise is