It's been a while since we last saw the beast, but he's feeling a little better. He's got a stone in his hand that he thinks is cursed, and he'd like to know what's going on. He figures it's a prayer fragment, which is stored in the royal family's treasure chest. The only problem is that he can't get into the chest because the ring on the stone doesn't work. The light in the stone is growing stronger, and the door is open, but there's still no sign of the prayer fragment. The beast notices that the smell of the cursed stone is mixed with the stench of the human body. He wants to know who the beast is, and who the humans are.