Five year passed after they had left home. Sen-jo, who was now the mother of two children, could not forget her native country, and her longing for her parents and home increased day by day. One day, in tears, she confessed her painful longing to her husband “Loving you and following you, I left my home without permission, and I have stayed with you in this remote country. I wonder how my parents are getting on. Having left home as I did, against my parents' wishes, an ungrateful daughter like myself may never be able to return home.” Ochu, who was in fact also longing for his homeland, calmed her saying, “Let us then go back to Koshu and beg your parents' pardon.” Immediately they hired a boat and returned to Koshu, their dear old home.