Official mourning was decreed in the handarian court for the death of King Blavier of Irdia. Talia's brother died of a cardiac arrest during a crisis of muscle and chest pain after three days of severe fevers. Since he was a teenager, he suffered from difficulties in breathing and sharp pains in his heart that made physicians and court healers believe that he would not reach adulthood. The health of a prince, especially an heir to the throne, can become a dangerous weapon in the hands of conspirators and enemies. Officially, the king's death was caused by nothing more than a sudden illness.
Despite knowing that her days at Pontal were numbered, Kira continued to help people in the village and it became part of her routine. She was at a shoemaker's house helping his wife to give birth for
