"Six families?" Elliot frowned.
He had a vague sense that something was wrong. During the explosion at the palace last time, he had clearly intimidated the other nobles on the spot.
The hesitation and doubt in their eyes back then had been real. Their alliance had clearly begun to fracture.
Yet now they had suddenly united again to take on the Sterling Family?
But this was no time to examine that closely. He had to weather this wave before he could think about the future.
Conrad was visibly tense. The Reforging Flame's Path had absolutely no healing capabilities.
Although Machine Priests had no fear of disease or plague, that applied only to themselves. They had little ability to protect ordinary people.
"Yes, all six families are involved. As for the specific plagues, you can take a look at this. Most of them are difficult to deal with."
The old butler handed over a booklet. A brief look through it was enough to make Elliot's scalp prickle.
"Where did this come from?"
"The other six families haven't done much to conceal any of this. They're certain we have no way to deal with these problems."
The old butler spoke with deep concern.
His concern was natural. Elliot had displayed some power before, but that power had seemed closer to the Radiance branch-the Path possessed by the Royal Family.
That was also what most people suspected.
Elliot was on good terms with the Royal Family. Perhaps he had embarked on a Path of the Radiance branch through them. That would make sense.
As it happened, the Royal Family's Path focused on rationality. It could only heal mental problems and had no means of dealing with plagues.
After all, the Path of [Honey] had never appeared before. No Great Being had accommodated this