And who are you? said the King of Ireland's Son. Aefa is my name, said she, I am the eldest and the wisest daughter of the Enchanter of the Black Back-lands. My father is preparing a task for you, said she, and it will be a terrible task, and there will be no one to help you with it, so you will lose your head surely. And what I would advise you to do is to escape out of this country at once.