When Iya returned from where she went. She indeed tries to end Luke, fortunately, Myrin stops. her and ties her up. "What a stubborn demon," he said in annoyance.
Luke reassures her that the mission is not ending. It had just come to a pause.
"Stopping a mission for such little reason," she said in disdain. But she complied.
She doesn't want to follow them to where they are going, and she leaves in peace promising to rejoin them on their mission.
The journey to Shakya took a week to get there. They were an hour away from their location when Luke decided to ask, "By the way, princess, why are you suddenly traveling here?"
"We were invited to stay here for safety by the king of Shakya," River replies. "The prince of the kingdom was my betrothed," she said.
Both Luke and Tim stopped. "Is the prince close to your age?"
"He's sixteen, why?" River replies.
