Chapter 1507

"Mr. Lovelace, Mr. Jenning's words just now… What did it…" Mohan stepped forward, his tone heavy with concern. "Haven't you understood yet? Our position within the nine houses is at risk." Jerome's face was filled with sorrow. "I originally thought that even if we failed the task, we'd just be demoted to the lower division. But now, it seems even that status might be stripped from us." "This…" Mohan was at a loss for words. Jerome's heart sank into despair, his once fierce eyes nearly brimming with tears. If they lost their position within the nine houses, the Lovelace family would no longer have a foothold in Seven Stars City. That alone was disastrous—but even more terrifying was the Ware family from the lower division, who would seize the opportunity to crush them completely. If they didn't leave the city, they would face annihilation. "Decades of hard work, built up over generations… Will the Lovelace family's legacy truly be destroyed by my hands?" Jerome's grief