As soon as Aiwass returned to the Hall of Silver and Tin, he stuck close to Isabel.
It was April 25th, exactly two months since Isabel became pregnant.
Although normally, for safety reasons, intimacy is to be avoided during this period... Isabel was simply too clingy.
After their first night together, having just tasted the pleasures of intimacy, Aiwass left Avalon; and until he learned of Isabel's pregnancy, Aiwass remained asleep atop the Great Tree of the Holy Nation.
During this time, Isabel gradually grew into a competent queen. But this did not mean she truly transformed into the merciless and tearless "Iron-Blooded Queen." Rather, she repressed her delicate and ever-changing emotions deep within.
Longing, affection, grievance, loneliness... At first, she drank at night hoping to meet Aiwass in her dreams. Eventually, it became a habit—because even in dreams, she couldn't always meet him.