In response, Master Long simply sighed.

“Well, that’s good too. It’s better to just let Shaw live happily…”

“However, even though we haven’t contacted Kort for so many years, our family’s still continued prospering!” said Joel.

“Humph! But of course! I assume Kort never launched another attack on us since his father died not too long after. Due to him passing on, Kort was involved in a fight for the post of the Moldell family’s second master. That naturally meant that he wouldn’t have had the time to bother us for a good, long while. While I’m not sure what became of him, based on the fact that he’s a natural schemer, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to assume that he truly did end up becoming the Moldell family’s second master.”

“I see… Do you plan to get help from Kort to deal with the Crawfords?” asked Joel who was starting to see the bigger picture now.

“Well, your guess is half right. I’m not directly asking him for help. After all, if I do that, then as I’ve said before, the