In this chapter, we learn that the old man has been dead for three hundred years, and that he was killed by a silver statue in the middle of the war. In this sequence, we are introduced to the protagonist, who is called "brat" because he is a brat. He asks the village chief why he is showing up, and the chief replies that he has been busy preparing for the next cycle. The protagonist explains that he is not in a hurry because he wants to find out more about the mystery of the bronze statue. The village chief asks him if he regrets that he did not listen to his father's words, and he replies that it was he who insisted on showing up. He explains that the statue is like a person's body, sealed in a frame by a frame. He compares it to the mirror in which God is reflected, or the frame in which the body of a person is solidified into a solid thing. He says that the silver statue was the one who killed him three centuries ago. He also explains that his cycle is the last time he will be able to use this special power. He tells him that the cycle is highly civilized history and that it is the only variable inside his cycle.