Although Russell, Carpenter, and Felis each had their own bitterness to bear, everyone had something to comfort themselves with, so the three of them were doing all right.
Although there was plenty of entertainment both inside and outside the Black Mystery Tower, Gilbert was indeed a very reliable backer.
The less he did, the more wary everyone else became.
Thus, amid all the chaos, the Hainalson Family somehow displayed a strange sort of harmony... Russell's silence was truly useful.
At the very least, genuinely intelligent people like the Hainalson Family head would absolutely not make more trouble for Ulrich at a time like this.
Without them muddying the waters in the middle, the others naturally sorted themselves into winners and losers according to the extent of their stupidity.
After all, there were not that many fools who truly dared lay hands on their own clansmen. At least, Russell had not seen any familiar names on the expulsion list he received.
Most of those who had caused trouble were still people distantly related to him, or even people who could not necessarily be said to share any blood ties with him... In any noble family, someone like Felis was definitely not an isolated case.
Although that was not exactly a good thing, it at least made Russell feel a little better... At least some trace of the family unity the Hainalson Family had preached about for so many years still remained.
His only wish now was that his past self absolutely could not have been a joke.
As for everything else, he could neither manage it nor wanted to.
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Felis, upon receiving Russell's notice, became somewhat distracted.
Although it looked as though Russell had interrupted him while he was linking spell Runes and building the foundation of his spell, Russell