Everyone was now exchanging glances with each other in astonishment.
“I’ve never even known that the Crawford family had a young master!”
“Have you forgotten that the Crawford family’s young master was raised among ordinary people? That made it near impossible for anyone to get any information about him! Not even the Fendersons know much about him, even after investigating so much into the matter back then!”
“To think that the Crawford’s young master has already returned to his family! Why, he’s even come all the way here just to look for the Fendersons! How powerful and impressive! It wouldn’t be farfetched to say that he’s probably comparable to Dylan back in the day!”
As the people in the crowd continued discussing among themselves, Jasmine herself was breathing rather frantically. She was currently facing all sorts of inexplicable emotions.
After Mr. Crawford’s arrival was announced, none of the affiliate families dared to continue causing a scene, and the same went for the Long family’s representative.
“Yael… What’s the background of Northbay’s Mr. Crawford like?” asked Xavia, sounding rather frightened.
She had attended the birthday banquet as the second young mistress of the Long family and after seeing Lord Fenderson’s terrified face after being notified of Mr. Crawford’s arrival, she was now feeling equally scared.
After all, the mere mention of the name, ‘Mr. Crawford’, reminded Xavia of a certain someone.
“Well, the Crawford family from Northbay is very powerful and secretive. I’ve heard that even their weakest affiliate family is almost as strong as the Fendersons! We minor affiliate families could never even dream to compare to them!” replied Yael, a fearful expression on his face.
“Does… Does such a powerful family even exist on this planet?”
While Xavia had been married into a wealthy and influential family, and she had already gained a lot of knowledge and seen much of the world by now, hearing Yael’s explanation still shocked her.
“Of course! I’m sure you know that the Fendersons have been at war with the Crawfords for many years now. However, they simply had no way of defeating the Crawfords at all! That’s the reason why the Fendersons have been living in secrecy! They’ve been trying to remain hidden from the Crawford family’s eyes so that they could eventually launch a counterattack against them!”
“Hilariously enough, it’s also precisely because of that, that there have been so many internal divisions between the Fenderson family till this very day. Now that the Crawfords are at the Fenderson’s doorstep, it’s natural for Lord Fenderson to be terrified!” said Yael before taking in a deep breath.
“Then… How many assets does the Crawford family even own?” asked Xavia, now even more shocked than before.
“I’m not too sure about that either. However, I’ve heard rumors that the Crawford family already owns half of the world’s wealth and resources!”
Upon hearing that, Xavia’s eyes widened so much that her eyes looked like they would pop out at any moment.
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