Chapter 215: Cold Welcome
Serena’s father stared at me with piercing, ice-cold eyes. His expression was unreadable, but the overwhelming aura of a protective father who was clearly upset about his daughter coming home late was impossible to ignore. I could feel cold sweat forming on my back as if I were standing before a firing squad. His presence alone was suffocating—like the silent fury of a winter storm.
Slowly, with a deep, authoritative voice, he spoke.
"Serena... You told me you’d be home by 7 PM. Do you realize it’s already past 10? Where have you been? And who is this man?"
The weight of his gaze shifted to me, and it felt like being judged by a god of ice.
Serena immediately stepped forward, her voice slightly trembling but still trying to maintain composure.
"I—I was hungry, so we decided to have dinner outside. That’s why I came home late..." She paused for a moment and then looked toward me, her cheeks slightly flushed. "Father... this is Naoki von Blackmore. A hero from House Blackmore. We were classmates at the academy, and now we’ll be fighting together on the battlefield."
Her explanation, while calm, did little to ease the storm building behind her father’s glare. His aura grew colder, sharper, more lethal. I could almost see the frost forming in the air around him.
Then, with a voice barely above a whisper, Serena added shyly, "And... he’s also my boyfriend. We just started dating tonight."
There it was. The bombshell.
She continued nervously, "Naoki, this is my father—Sieg von Winterfell."
At that moment, the cold magic surrounding him flared up. Veins bulged on his face and neck as magical energy poured from him. It felt like a glacier had just erupted in the room.