Zenovia couldn't help but shake her head when she heard this.
He wanted her to keep placing her hopes on a force which had clearly started to crumble from inside out and had several powerful enemies eyeing them like hungry wolves?
She clenched her fists, various kinds of thoughts popping in his mind. She knew if she wanted her family to survive, the most logical thing to do was to find a powerful enough force, like the Xuno family, and give them the Key they were lusting after so badly in exchange for protection.
Unfortunately… she couldn't bring herself to betray her Grandfather's trust.
Sigh!
She sighed in resignation and plopped back into her chair.
…
After leaving the City Lord Manor, Torin and Uncle Yagui hovered in the sky.
"Father won't like this." Torin said after a while.
Uncle Yagui nodded.
Torin thought for a moment and then carefully suggested, "Uncle Yagui, why don't we make them hand over the Key by force?"
