The two of them meet again in the hospital, where Hirokazu is being treated for a nasty case of venereal disease. He is wearing a skirt to cover the area where he has been bitten by a snake. He asks the princess why she is in his room, and she replies that it is because the princess is in the room. He tells her that he does not know what has happened between the two, but that they have not been getting along since the incident in the manuscript, and that he would like to give them privacy. He says that he is sorry to tell her the truth, that he got the idea he had fallen for her on his own, and apologizes that he did not even like her in the beginning of their relationship. She apologizes, saying that she grew up a little, too, because she did not want to break off the relationship with him. She tells him that they are no longer children, and they do not need to worry about her. She asks the nurse to apply her medicina at once, but the nurse says that there is no time. She says that the battle is over, and the boy has become a man.