This volume was a big huge mess. Like someone else said, the art made it really hard to follow. Sometimes, the characters would look matured but in the next scene (that's not even a flashback) they look all young again. However, I can't deny that the art is pretty. Still, pretty art does not cut it. Firiel is quite an annoying character along with her male counterpart, Rune. Nothing about the characters draw me in and I have no feelings for them whatsoever.