In this short scene, the young prince realizes that he has accidentally rubbed ink on the sleeping fairy's face. He realizes that the fairy has a sense of shame, and falls asleep. He wakes up to find that the whole palace is his, and that he can throw anything he wants at his uncle, the prince regent. The prince asks the tutor to give more homework to the emperor, but the tutor refuses to do so. The young prince wants to meet the fairy, but his uncle refuses to let him. He wants to know if the fairy is feeling better, and he wants to see her, but he can't see her until he finds out her identity. He tells the prince that as an emperor, he has to be determined, and hardworking. He compares the fairy to the fairy sister, who went through all the means to reach the mortal world. The fairy sister even got poisoned, and the prince wonders how she has come to be.