Nerida slept with the male cultivator called Young Lord Aeron. She thought she'd given him enough compensation and was ready to leave; her original plan had been to find the Madam and the others right away. But afterward, she discovered that she was completely unable to leave the borders of Silvanis.
Every time she left, she would find herself back in Silvanis, just in a different location.
Once, twice, after countless attempts, Nerida still couldn't escape Silvanis. Once she calmed down, she was no longer in a rush to leave. Instead, she found a place to settle down within the country.
Nerida decided to play the long game. First, she would figure out what was going on in Silvanis, and then she would find a way out.
After deciding to stay for a while, Nerida gained a general understanding of the place. And then, she finally understood why the man she'd slept with had called her "wife."
