"I do not understand your answer," Aldric replied, adjusting his spectacles with a precise movement. "What is the Song of the Welkin Moon?"
"It is just a lullaby of the past," Lirien answered, a faint smile forming on her pink lips. Her eyes grew distant, lost in a memory she did not share.
Aldric decided not to inquire anything further since she was giving him indirect answers. His fingers lowered from the bridge of his nose.
"Since we are on the topic of the Crownbearer, where have you sent him?" He asked with narrowed eyes, tapping the centre of his spectacles. The gesture was habitual and unconscious.
"To the dormitory," Lirien replied, her smile turning smug and playful. Her silver eyes glinted with mischief. "Girls' dormitory." She spoke the last words under her breath, barely a whisper. The little brat had been too shrewd for his own good, so she had decided to teach him a lesson.
