章 2360: Face the Future (Part 2)

"Absolutely not! Even in the off chance I wanted to, now I'd have to wait for another opportunity since today your family had plenty of emotions already."

"Ah." Friya replied.

It was a single word, yet it carried the cold of an ice age and all of her scorn and disappointment.

"I see. I'm sorry for interrupting you. What were you saying?"

Nalrond wasn't the most sensitive of men but the temperature in the room seemed to have dropped by dozens of degrees and Friya's glare seemed to be trying to choke him with the power of her mind.

"That with the end of the War of the Griffons, your parents should have no reason to be scared about your future anymore." He cautiously said while offering her tea and cookies that Friya didn't even glance at.

"I say that we let a few days pass, maybe a couple of weeks, and then we can safely break the engagement."

"You want to break the engagement?" She replied in shock.