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This may have been the reason why I was starting to feel anxious.

Kaid asked with a hardened expression.

"how?"

"They say they mobilized the families whose successors were being held hostage. They said that if we sided with the Artban family and cooperated, the successors would be released in order of the families that contributed the most."

The red gaze turned to Aser. Aser, who had been listening to Baon's report, answered with a blank expression as if it was the first time he had heard of it.

"We, believe it or not... have never received such a request."

"does not exist?"

"Really. This is the first time I've heard of it. I've never received such a request."

Kaid's eyes opened narrowly. Kaid, who had been looking at Asher for a while as if trying to gauge the truth, burst into laughter.

There has never been a crisis like this.

Her face, stained with embarrassment, looked terribly confused.

Asher, who seemed ready to fly to his family at any moment, seemed unaware of what was happening.

If this is true.

"The Artban family had no intention of sending back the Loisar successor from the beginning."

"What... do you mean?"

"It's literal."

In a war for territory, dominating the skies meant gaining an overwhelming advantage.

There was no reason not to ask the Loisar family for help, since they had kept the successor as bait.

But that was not the case. No request was made to the Loisar family to cooperate with the other families.

What does this mean?

The living room became quiet. Asher recalled the first day he had met Diel Artban. And the words the man had said flashed through his mind.

'You seem more useful than those stupid Loisar purebloods.'

No way. Is that what he meant?

Asher's eyes trembled. His pale complexion was pitiful.

"Surely... you're not trying to change the genealogy of the Loisar family, are you?"

Baon spoke carefully. Hearing those words, the corners of Kaid's mouth rose dangerously.

The enemy's eyes narrowed.

"I get it now. I have a feel for how things are going to work out."

Baon, who had been unable to participate in the conversation due to handling the affairs of the Iselrod family, expressed his doubts with a trailing edge.

Aser spoke in a trembling voice, as if he had guessed something.

"......Are you saying that the traitor made a deal for the position of the head of the household?"

"I know right."

Baon gasped in surprise.

Now that I think about it, it was strange.

Even if you decide to cooperate with the Artban family, you will hesitate if the fate of your own family is at stake.

Because Gray, who was the head of the household, was locked up in prison, he couldn't see what would happen next.