In this chapter, we learn that the King of Spain has forbidden his daughter to go to battle with her father's holy warriors. When she asks him about this, he tells her that he does not want to trouble her father. He also tells her about the story of the two lions who met her and a girl 3,000 years ago in the forest. He says that the story is similar to the one he heard about the encounter with the girl. He tells her he is ready to handle any questions she may have. When he asks her what happened, she says that it is rare to see a quarrel like this between a young lady and a man. She asks him what happened to miss Merlin, and he says it is a curse. She tells him that even the leaders of the holy warriors would not have the power to lift a curse like this. He asks her if she can really lift such a powerful curse, and she says she has never realized that she has such power. She says that she feels like it is going to swallow her up, and that if this were anyone else besides Merlin, it would already have been too late.