In this chapter, the young lovers discuss the upcoming duel between Ossian and his mother, Agamemnon. Ossian feels that he has already proved himself by rescuing his father, and he wonders how he could have foreseen that the queen of the castle would challenge him to a duel. He feels that the duel is unnecessary, and that he will have to prove himself in order to inherit his mother's land. He tells his friend that he used to come to the castle at night when he couldn't sleep, and it felt like they were no longer "princess and prince" anymore. He asks his friend to forget the peace rules, and to let him try his broken sword in the duel.