Shael could tell that once the topic turned to Joshua getting married, neither she nor Galolie could find another subject to keep the conversation going.
She was deliberately avoiding the topic, and Galolie was doing the same.
Shael herself was not much of a talker. Of course... if she could use emoticons in real life, she might have had more to say, but unfortunately, that was impossible.
"Marriage."
Thus, the burden of finding a new topic fell to Galolie again. But whenever Galolie thought of Joshua's wedding, her heart felt a little stifled.
She did not like this feeling—the panic that her relationship with Joshua would inevitably grow distant after he got married.
But wait... Galolie suddenly realized that this equation did not seem to hold true.
And besides... so what if Joshua got married?!
This bold thought suddenly popped into Galolie's mind.
"Your Majesty Shael, speaking of marriage, I remembered a secret from my family."
Instead of unwrapping the hamburger, Galolie held it in her hands to keep them warm.
After Aserkelo arrived in the Frost Country, even with the protection of the Magic Barrier, the temperature was still somewhat lower than usual.
"What secret?"
Shael was glad that Galolie had found a new topic. She no longer had to endure that suffocating, awkward atmosphere.
"Actually, before my father married my mother, he already had a wife," Galolie said quietly.
"Can Falosi men marry multiple wives?"
Such things were perfectly normal in the Frost Country. Of course, among the Eight Great Families of the Frost Country, there were also matrilineal families, where the arrangement was reversed.
But Shael's values were those of a typical Nolan person, and Nolan people believed in monogamy.
"No." Galolie shook her head. "My mother... where should I begin? According to her, her current status