"What's wrong with him?" Ekiloren exclaimed, stroking Gedeon's shoulder. "Don't pay any attention, he's just jealous of the princess and angry that he's still a baby."
Gedeon had not seen Luanlia for many days and was suffering from separation anxiety while trying to find a way to see her. He watched everywhere, flying over the city, maybe she would appear somewhere, but she was nowhere to be found. He flew up to her bedroom window, peering through the glass; it seemed that the room had been empty for a long time. With despair, he realized that the girl had been specially moved away from him, to some other place.
Gedeon tried to find out from the princesses where his beloved had disappeared.
"Deo, I know that you are suffering, but Adivaris doesn't say anything to anyone."- Selestra hugged him with sympathy.
She always treated him like a brother who kindly babysat with her son Virans when she was bewitched by Ramies for a long time.
"Most likely, she is in Azaren palace," Selestra suggested. "But it's far away, about ten days' journey if you walk and fly."
The Goddess Avilena confirmed this version, but refused to help with the move.
"Sorry, darling! Understand me, I cannot harm Adivaris, I don't want to quarrel with him. Lua means a lot to him and there is no need to interfere in their relationship. You need somehow to take your mind off your passion for a certain princess. Make friends with other girls, I've seen the way they look at you. You have become very attractive young man and I don't understand why you avoid other women."
"I hate them all!" - Gedeon flared up. "They are disgusting, I don't know which of them was at the orgy that Adivaris arranged for me, my eyes were blindfolded. I was deeply traumatised in my soul!"
"Oh, poor thing!" Avilena sympathetically patted him on the shoulder. "I got you, I'm not a fan of such fest either. I think they didn't want to offend you. These people are good-natured, just a little dissolute. Surely they were told that you yourself wanted this relaxation."
"Filthness! Now I don't walk the streets because of this..." Gedeon continued to be indignant.
Avilena looked at him with widened eyes.
"Oh dear… Deo, why has your energy increased so much? At your age this is hardly possible. Even adult syrinxes do not have this. How did you inherit love magic, since Lar is not your own father?"
He cast a wary glance at her.
"Wow! Are you seducing me?" Avilena laughed. "What a dangerous look you have! Incredible! Oh, sorry! I did not mean to offend you. I just didn't expect such dramatic success in magic from you. You are now a young sorcerer! Congratulations! Now it became clear to me why Adivaris hid his wife from you, you are... the new Lamori."
"What nonsense! I am not a whore!" - He screamed loudly and rushed away.
Gedeon spent all his free time in long meditations and only before sunset he went to fly over the forest to develop his wings. He tried no longer to leave the palace grounds during the day, avoiding the women who came to the playground and were looking for a meeting with the young handsome man.
"Why do you limit yourself from society so much?" Lariel wondered, noticing his son's deliberate isolation.
"I don't want harassment from these shameless girls. I only love Lua, I don't need anyone else."
"But she won't be able to pay her attention only to you, and the magical power that has entered your body will not allow you to hide from women forever, and you will be forced to seek meetings with them for your own satisfaction," the father insisted.
"I can do without their disgusting services," Gedeon muttered.
"Oh, how stubborn you are! You can't go anywhere, otherwise this force will tear you apart. It wasn't enough for you to get sick..."
It was indeed not easy for Gedeon to cope with the energy bursting out, and he tried with all his might to tame the unbearable flow of unrealized forces. He was often tormented by nightmares in which he panicked and fled from many hands pulling him into the abyss.
He realised that the city's residents dreamed of him, and he dreamed of their desires, and in response he tried to build a protective barrier against the energy overwhelming him. Many days of training yielded good results: Gedeon placed himself in a shining cocoon and the carnal torment weakened a little.