In this chapter, the "grim reaper" explains to Tod how he can teach a young girl like "xiaochao" in real life. He tells Tod that he can't teach a girl like this because she's too young to be a protagonist in a manga. Tod is worried that he'll be unable to pass an entrance exam to a middle school named after him. The grim reaper says that he will look after Tod in the future. He says that if he were to fly away from here, he'd be just like the two of them, because he's been "drowning" in the "shadow" of her dead parents' deaths. If he doesn't keep an eye on her, what will happen if she does die? Tod tells him that he has to walk with him to the music teacher's classroom to keep her safe. The two men laugh at each other's jokes, and Tod jokes that he wants to ask a question. He asks how he got the key to his piano. The key must have sensed the piano's spirit and started flying to the school. He tied it with a whip, and the spirit of the key will come out once he kills it.