In this chapter, the commoner explains that the central government could be responsible for the monster incident. He explains how the trees in the region collect the mana of the living and use it to keep the region alive. Sometimes, the trees will reduce the population so that there will not be enough mana to keep them alive. This is why the trees were made so safe. The commoner wonders why they don't provide more entertainment for the people to forget about all the incidents. He wishes he could retire soon. He wants to see his friend, but he can't bring himself to visit her. Maybe he should have turned her down back then, but now that she's a friend, he doesn't want to turn her down. He tells us that he's never been to see her again. He says that the scholars spread the disappearance from commoners to scholars, and soon after that, the high class was engulfed in fear of the disappearing people. They're doing their best to find out the cause of the disappearances, but they know nothing. He also says that he never went to see him again, and that he hasn't called her since then. He's sorry, but we know little of it. The central government is trying to figure out what happened, but the commoners spread the disappearings from scholars to scholars to the nobles. The nobles spread the rumors to the scholars, too. They didn't know what was going on, but soon after, the scholars were engulfed in the fear. He adds that he called her, but that she lost to him in a duel. He asks if he should be