They returned to Kauai.  A few days afterwards Aiwohikupua, the chief, wished to make a feast for the chiefs and for all his friends on Kauai.

While the feast was being made ready the chief gave word to fetch the feasters; with all the male chiefs, only one woman of rank was allowed to come to the celebration; this was Kailiokalauokekoa.[47]

On the day of the feast all the guests assembled, the food was ready spread, and the drink at the feast was the awa.

Before eating, all the guests together took up their cups of awa and drank.  During the feasting, the awa had not the least effect upon them.

And because the awa had no effect, the chief hastily urged his awa chewers to chew the awa a second time.  When the chief’s command was carried out, the guests and the chief himself took up their cups of awa all together and drank.  When this cup of awa was drained the effect of the awa overcame them.  But the one who felt the effects most was the chief who gave the feast.

Now, while the chief was drunk, the oath which he swore at sea to the rowers was not forgotten; not from one of his own men was the forbidden story told, but from the mouth of Aiwohikupua himself was the chief’s secret heard.

While under the influence of the awa, Aiwohikupua turned right around upon Kauakahialii, who was sitting near, and said:  “O Kauakahialii, when you were talking to us about Laieikawai, straightway there entered into me desire after that woman; then sleepless were my nights with the wish, to see her; so I sailed and came to Hawaii, two of us went up, until at daylight we reached the uplands of Paliuli; when I went to see the chief’s house, it was very beautiful, I was ashamed; therefore I returned here.  I returned, in fact, thinking that the little sisters were the ones to get my wish; I fetched them, made the journey with the girls to the house of the princess, let them do their best; when, as it happened, they were all refused, all four sisters except the youngest; for shame I returned.  Surely that woman is the most stubborn of all, she has no equal.”

While Aiwohikupua talked of Laieikawai’s stubbornness, Hauailiki was sitting at the feast, the young singer of Mana, a chief of high rank on the father’s side and of unrivaled beauty.

He arose and said to Aiwohikupua, “You managed the affair awkwardly.  I do not believe her to be a stubborn woman; give me a chance to stand before her eyes; I should not have to speak, she would come of her own free will to meet me, then you would see us together.”

Said Aiwohikupua, “Hauailiki, I wish you would go to Hawaii; if you get Laieikawai, you are a lucky fellow, and I will send men with you and a double canoe; and should you lose in this journey then your lands become mine, and if you return with Laieikawai then all my lands are yours.”

After Aiwohikupua had finished speaking, that very night, Hauailiki boarded the double canoe and set sail, but many days passed on the journey.