She followed Aeron back to the Imperial City.
And moved into The Young Lord's Manor.
To outsiders, the two of them seemed deeply in love and inseparable.
In reality, she was just fulfilling her duty.
Since she had promised to protect him, Nerida was naturally going to see it through.
She wouldn't let him come to any harm until she left Silvanis. 'I'll just consider it a debt I owe him.' Thinking this made her feel a bit like a scumbag, but finding a Taoist Companion was truly not something she was considering.
So on a normal day, aside from protecting Aeron's safety, Nerida spent her time researching how to leave Silvanis.
This went on for quite some time.
It wasn't that Nerida hadn't noticed Aeron treated her differently; her mind was just elsewhere.
She was calm.
But Aeron was not.
Seeing that he was making no progress with her, he grew anxious.
