While Lysander was relieved by the young princess' rational mind, there was a certain Werebear not far from them who also breathed a sigh of relief: Kevin.
Since the Third Ordeal, Jake's philandering, brawling cousin had changed a lot too, both physically and mentally. In his human form, he was over two metres thirty, with a Herculean musculature and a hairiness matching that of his bloodline's totem animal. Despite the influence of the Myrtharian Body Passive, he had managed to retain his brown hair and green eyes, but their color had whitened by about two shades and now had a sort of otherworldly glow to them that they didn't have before.
Edit 19/06/2022: Sorry for the four day hiatus. It was originally supposed to be one day, but it turned into a short vacation when I realized that I badly needed it.
The time wasn't completely wasted, as it allowed me to finish the draft of the Fifth Ordeal. As I already said on Discord, the next Ordeal is going to be a slaughterhouse, but you could have guessed that. I'm pretty happy with what I have planned though.
I think it's going to be a relatively short, but extremely intense Ordeal.