Civil War Erupts
"No! This is impossible! Orman Tagge will definitely get the Imperial military involved! We're finished... we're all finished!" Silas Tagge cried out, nearly collapsing.
"Military intervention?" Cassio Tagge sneered coldly. "Do you think Tagge Company is the Trade Federation? If the Imperial military fleet dares fire even a single shot at Tagge Company, just see what kind of uproar it will cause in the Core Worlds."
"No! I don't want this... No! Orman... h-he's my big brother..." Silas Tagge clutched his head in utter anguish.
"And Sanya is still your mother, isn't she?" Cassio Tagge instinctively snapped back. But he immediately realized he could not provoke Silas like that, so he changed the subject. "Wake up! You're a grown man. Don't you have any independent plans for your own future? Sanya controlled you before, and now Orman controls you. When will you ever be able to decide your own fate?"
"But... I don't know..." Silas shook his head.
"Enough. Start planning what comes next." Cassio Tagge patted him on the shoulder. "You should understand that no matter what Orman Tagge is plotting, there has never been a place for you in his plans for the future. He did not merely betray you—he betrayed the company and the family... You need to understand that it was not you who betrayed him."
Silas Tagge nodded, his gaze gradually turning cold as though he had made some sort of decision. Yet he was still uneasy, and asked, "Second Brother, what about you? What have you been through all these years?"
"After the defeat in the Modell Sector Campaign, I escaped in an escape pod before my flagship was destroyed. After that, I drifted through the Outer Rim Territories and lived there all this time. Later, I was short on money,