“While I’ve considered allowing her to participate in this, she’s still Ethan’s only daughter. She’s the last of her bloodline! I’ve been protecting her from the outside world for the longest time… I just don’t have the heart to let her in on all this!” exclaimed the Fenderson patriarch.
“She’s still young and she’ll eventually be married off as well. I should also mention that not even young master Ethan had been able to handle the family. What can she do? Her parents had both been killed in that incident, do you think they’d hesitate to take down a little girl?” said another middle-aged man with an oily face.
Hearing that, the second young master—who went by the name of Joseph Fenderson—slammed his hands on the table as he glared at the middle-aged man. “What exactly do you mean by that, Noah Schuyler? Have we been treating the Schuyler family a little too well for you to disrespect us like this?”
“I would never! My old fart of a dad keeps reminding me that the Schuylers are forever indebted to the Fendersons! He’s been doing it ever since I was a mere child! I was told to listen to everything you say and I’ve been doing exactly that for the past few years! I’ve even helped you secure power over the southwest region. I can at least take credit for that, right?” replied Noah as he stared at Joseph.
Apart from the Fendersons, a few members from their vassal families were present as well. After all, large families like theirs were bound to have at least a few vassals under their power.
It was similar to how many people would begin working under the Crawfords whenever Gerald formed any new organizations.
“That’s true, Noah has helped the Fendersons quite a bit in the past two years. Even our family has been able to feed off of his credit!” muttered a few other present members.
It was at that moment when the patriarch slammed his walking stick onto the floor, causing everyone to fall silent.
“If you have something to say, just spit it out…” said the old man as he sighed.
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