Sharu entered the venue, followed by nearly all of the Professional Experts from the Kend Family, as well as more than a dozen outstanding young descendants.
By comparison, although the other guests attending the banquet had brought two or three juniors along to broaden their horizons, the difference in numbers was simply too great. Even the Rosen Family had not brought this many people.
"Master Kuzuke, I'm truly sorry. There are simply too many juniors in the family, and I didn't want to leave any of them out. I had no choice but to bring them all along. There was no other way—this is already the smallest number of direct descendants our family could bring."
With a friendly, handsome smile, Sharu Kend spoke to the host of the banquet in an apologetic tone, as though he were feeling rather helpless.
On the surface, he seemed sincere, as if he were merely explaining why he had brought so many people. However, anyone who truly understood the situation in Stanrosai City could see the malice filling his words.
Because their Bloodline was so rare, the Rosen Family not only found it difficult to awaken their Bloodline Power, but also had serious problems reproducing. Setting aside the Rosen Family's long and glorious history, they had ruled Stanrosai City for several hundred years since migrating here, yet the current size of their family—or more precisely, the number of direct descendants—had barely grown compared with several centuries ago.
Usually, each generation had only one or two people. Their family practically did not even distinguish between the main branch and collateral branches, and they often had to marry into another family or two simply because the family head had no heir!
The current City Lord's generation consisted of only two brothers and one male cousin. The