"Asmodeus... is everything alright?" Erika's voice echoed from the doorway as she looked inside his private room.
She noticed him sitting at his desk with a dark face, inside his hands a piece of parchment, likely a letter he just opened.
'Is it from Grigor?'
At first, she feared something might have happened to Alan or the kingdom of Grigor. Erika knew he held a fondness for those people, and so she became worried.
'Memories of that place feel nostalgic now... before I became close to him and almost joined another noble as their chosen.'
Erika received offers from several nobles in the kingdom of Grigor before Alan approached her. The nobles offered her things like riches and treasure.... and others offered land, glory or marriage with their kin.
'To think back then... I only refused on a whim because I had a crush on this man.'