The story is told from the perspective of a fictional version of the author with the pen name "Rohan".
During his journey to Tokyo, young Rohan enters a small town.
A strange young woman offers him shelter and nurses him back to health.
Rohan finally finishes his trek through the mountain and enters into the next village.
A towns person tells him that the woman was originally a hideous, insane old beggar who, rejected from society, fled into the mountains and was never heard from again.