Shortly after Marilla left the lord's bedchamber, silence returned to the room. From time to time, only the sound of paper tearing was heard as Cyrena went through the letters.
After Cyrena finished reading all the letters, her expression turned grave.
"I'm afraid the situation has taken a turn for the worse as we feared, Lady Solana," Cyrena informed with a heavy tone. "Among these few dozen invitation letters, one came from High Witch Beth, and two came from the Lord of Wolfwater and the Lord of Eastcliff."
"News of Sunpeak Town has finally spread beyond the neighboring regions and attracted the attention of the other regional lords. If we continue refusing all invitations, we'll also offend these powerful lords and a High Witch on top of that."
"Even if I continue to borrow my mother's name, it won't have much effect on these witches. They are more powerful than my mother," Cyrena added.
"It doesn't matter if we offend them all, Cyrena," Solana replied.
