After that little stunt, Alaric became much busier to the point that Erin was beginning to think that his main goal was to show up only once in a while just to act all mysterious or say something that he knew would make her waver; but of course, she was not narcissistic enough to really think that that was the case. As Alaric’s work suddenly made him unavailable, Alagor's health declined once more. Just like dominoes toppling over, it caused a series of changes to the routine that Erin had just gotten used to. Almina had to take on more roles in the King's stead, which meant that she had to stop training with Erin; the dinners were still there, but it came to a point that Alagor had to stop attending, which also made Palla do the same to tend to her sick husband. Of course, with all of the
