A week went by and Iris still hadn't found anything useful to help her find a way to break the mating rune. None of the books nor scrolls mentioned a method to break any of the spells. She was starting to believe that nothing can be done about it, considering that no magus was able to rival the Black Mage before, and the fact that it took thirteen powerful demon lords to defeat him.
When Lord Kieran arrived, she didn't manage to welcome his return because his troop came back in the middle of the night while she and her friends were deep asleep. Iris had this feeling that he was avoiding her. She wondered if she had done something wrong.
Iris decided to check the garden that afternoon, while Amelia was busy with her sword training and Chrysanthe was spending time on the old language books she needed to translate to understand them better. If Lord Kieran was busy with his responsibilities, then there was no need for her to mope around, wondering what he was up to.
