Admittedly, it was a bit stiff when Irene had to see her mom once again before she went to sleep. The accusation she had been thrown the last time they were in one another's presence was fresh in Irene's mind.
At least Felix's reassurances that he would defend her honor if she did the same for him were also at the forefront of everything. Even if her mom chose to believe whatever she wanted, at least she and Felix knew the truth.
However, it also made her wonder if every man she got close to from that point forward would result in an alarm in her mother's head going off. It was impossible to keep her distance from men in her order. A knighthood's entire purpose was to get familiar with one another so that they would be more in sync on the battlefield and able to back another person up.
With a sigh, she accepted the things she couldn't control. What was more important to her was checking on her grandmother when she was finally awake the following day.
