The 'friend' loses several Wingman points for scamming them for money. The legendary Wingmaid is raising her head, and begging her mistress and master's pardon. She needs to correct someone's notions of cupidhood.
This chapter has always been a source of mixed feelings for me. On one hand, it has always been one of my favorites in this book and has a wonderful happy ending for the couple. On the other hand, the aspect of prostitution, even if just pretended, has always kept it off my favorites list, and it only went worse once I found myself thinking too much about the situation and came up with a much worse but quite realistic alternative ending.
Oh, I know, don't worry. As said, still one of my favorites in this book, and my thoughts only went the wrong way long after first reading this. I'd also probably still prefer the ShindoL version to mine...