Chapter 1914 Schemes and Shadows

• Emmanuel and Terence left, and the heads of the major families from Nuthana's second floor followed suit. Soon, only the Verkade family and those who had originally intended to submit to them remained on the third floor.
• "Gautier, Emmanuel and the others have left. It's just us here now—are you still going to keep up the act?" Hubert sneered. "You're doing this because you're scared, right? You know we don't have enough strength to take down Emmanuel, so that's why you didn't join Dad in wiping out the Quillen family back then. Otherwise, with your planning and strategy, the Quillen family would've been wiped out ages ago!"
• Gautier, however, looked dismissive, feigning oblivion. "I don't know what you're talking about. Everything I'm doing now is purely out of redemption and gratitude."