A strange silence fell between the room. Lora looked at my mother with a calm gaze, while Grace quickly earned back her poker face. She, being the duchess, quickly gained herself back as she gazed at Lora for a moment after which she turned to look at me, the surprise on my face mirroring her first one.
"Um...what do you think about this, son?"
My mother asked her question resounding in the room, bringing everyone's eyes to me. Both Nora and Elda looked at me with frowns on their faces, Olivia with a slightly narrowed gaze, my mother stoic, and Lora with her calm gaze.
'Wow, now this is a powerful battlefield.'
I mused as I took in the gaze of everyone in the room, meeting the eyes of each and every one until my gaze finally landed on Lora, fixing itself there as I started to speak.
"Well, this is all very surprising to me. I mean, I-I didn't expect this sudden engagement at all..."