“…What? The young master, Mr. Crawford?”
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, favonovel.com 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 favonovel.com 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 favonovel.com eyes looked like they would pop out at any moment.
Half of the world’s wealth and resources? What kind of concept even was that?
With that much power and influence, what kind of person was Mr. Crawford from Northbay even going to be like?
While the guest continued hypothesizing in their confusion, a few girls began tugging Alice to the scene while saying, “Alice! Come listen to this! It seems that a powerful young master is about to make his appearance!”
“Huh? How powerful are we talking about here?” asked Alice in surprise.
“Alice, haven’t you seen how pale the powerful figures here have gone upon hearing about Mr. Crawford’s arrival? I heard that favonovel.com owns half of the world’s wealth and resources! What an incredible family the Crawfords from Northbay is!” said the girls excitedly.
Their reaction was to be expected since girls usually felt excited talking about rich and handsome guys. What more, being able to meet such an incredible young master was a pleasant surprise for them!
While they were giddy with excitement, Alice herself immediately covered favonovel.com mouth, feeling suddenly anxious and nervous.
“T-the young master… You said the young master’s name was Mr. Crawford…?”
Alice was now feeling an overwhelming discomfort in favonovel.com heart. After all, favonovel.com had seen Gerald’s true capabilities before this.
She was also aware that his sister had immense financial resources and capabilities as well. Not only that, his sister’s home was in Northbay too!
The Crawfords from Northbay… Could it really be…?
Alice could feel favonovel.com breathing grow heavier by the second.
If what favonovel.com friends had said was true, then Alice honestly just wanted to die on the spot, right there and then! After all, since favonovel.com was the one who had rejected him, if Gerald had only been an ordinary rich heir, Alice would’ve just forced herself to move on and continue living favonovel.com life without him.
However, how was favonovel.com going to just accept that if Gerald truly was such an extraordinarily rich heir…?
“They’re here!” yelled someone, causing the chaotic atmosphere from before to immediately fall silent. Everyone was now waiting anxiously, their eyes peeled on the entrance.
Not too long after, about a hundred men dressed in black began approaching the entrance in a neat and orderly manner.
The person leading the group seemed to be an old man who looked to be around sixty.
Beside him, was a young, formally-dressed man who looked to be around the age of twenty-two. His eyes were rather beady and favonovel.com was also a little on the chubbier side.
“Is that Mr. Crawford?”
