Willow keeps watch over an unconscious Burr, as he recovers from being frozen by the magic wand of the Schlumphs, and while a green dragon goes on a rampage in the mushroom forest outside the underground palace of Naochi. At last, Burr stirs, and it appears that the dragon is gone. They head out, and Willow surveys the ruins in front of the palace. Dipping into a broken fountain, she finds a couple of stone coins – currency that bears the mark of the underground kingdom of Moltpaa, but makes reference to the name of the current land of Kroz.

Further on, they investigate the charred ruins of the gazebo and the hedge maze. Willow queries Burr about whether the gazebo appeared ruined and the hedge maze appeared overgrown when they first arrived … and Burr affirms this, although it directly contradicts Willow's own observations previously.

A strange fog-horn like noise echoes through the cavern, and Willow discovers a set of ashen paw-prints leading toward the north. She and Burr head over to the ruins of the Schlumph village, and Willow puts the big cheetah to work, salvaging what he can from the huts, while she investigates the "fog-horn". It turns out to be the dragon – snoring in its sleep. Willow carefully avoids waking it up, and then checks out another cavern adjoining the mushroom forest. There, she finds another underground stream … and a strange feline that is able to fade into and out of invisibility. Furthermore, it appears to be friendly.

Burr and Willow head out of the Underground Kingdom, carefully stepping over the tail of the dragon and hauling up a chest full of more stone coins and assorted dishware and little furniture pieces from the Schlumph village. When they get back to the castle, they find Prince Kiri "guarding" the room (sound asleep). He is startled at their return … but even more alarmed when the invisible cat rematerializes right next to Willow. Kiri panics, and the cat hisses when Burr tries to approach it, but the feline seems to be perfectly friendly with Kiri and Willow.

Willow sends Burr off to put away their things, and Kiri brings back a big bowl of milk for the cat … plus an old book, in which he looks up the creature and finds that it is called a "Blynx". Furthermore, he reveals that it is a creature of magical and ancient origin, created to serve the bloodline of House Naochi. Kiri observes how friendly it is with Willow, and it slowly dawns on him that Willow must be of the Naochi bloodline as well, especially with her interest about Naochi family affairs. His assumption at first, though, is that Willow is a ghost or revenant come on Reckoning Day to kill him for letting the land go to waste. Willow protests this, and reveals that she was told that she is Chiria Naochi, though she still doesn't fully believe that she could have any royal ancestry – even from a kingdom like this.

Kiri tells about the death of Tachiri and how his father had told him that young Kiri was a boy only by Abzhalom's magic – a freak, Kiri thinks. Willow, however, relates what she learned of the magic, and assures him that he's not a freak, no matter what Tachiri said. She also urges him to try to fix what is wrong with his kingdom, lest the land fall into the hands of House Dack – and lest Abzhalom be able to finish his work by gaining access to the stone temple in the Underground Kingdom.

Willow gives Kiri the chest of coins, and it turns out that these coins are – by ancient law – still legal tender for certain things … such as the purchase of land. Kiri hints that Rezhinald may have foreseen that he would come across something like this. Willow asks in return that she get some sort of memento of her mother, Ria. Kiri obliges, and Willow gets her pick from a jewelry box – and her pick turns out to be a tarnished silver ring. Willow and Burr then depart from Castle Naochi, along with Copy and Testament-Blaze and the Kavi driver, while Blynx stays with Prince Kiri and his butler, Rezhinald.