Cruel how Zelda seemed to tease him like this. (But... he deserved it. In fact she was being far too nice to him for what he had done.) He waited in anticipation for her to tell him, but... he knew that the news would likely be good. He hoped. Because she wouldn't be nice to him if it wasn't. If he had ended up dooming the whole land, there would be no reason why she wouldn't be trying to kill him.

So it was like a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders when it was revealed that Malladus was successfully defeated. So the mistake that Byrne had made was fixed, for the most part. But it was possible that Malladus had killed or hurt many before being imprisoned once more. He almost didn't want to know.

So his expression softened a bit at that news, his eyes losing some of that coldness. But there were a few more things he had to find out about.

"And what of Cole?" And his voice grew quieter. "Or Anjean?"