21 Little Patterson and Gravelle 1 (1/2)
Ci-ci's eyes narrowed. ”Alleman…”
”Do you have some history with them too? Kid, don't cause us too much trouble. The Allemans aren't something we can handle.”
On the Earth, there were two major continents. The one they resided on was West Continent. All of the history and laws Ci-ci knew pertained to West Continent as he knew very little about East Continent. Although they both shared this Earth together, the two might as well be completely separate planets of their own.
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This was all to say that West Continent had its own set of elites and its own system. Within that system, much of the power was held by various group of families, but there were forty-five families above the rest. Or, rather, forty-four as the Grandbell family had fallen out of their ranks.
There were two major divisions among these families. Eight stood above the rest, while the remaining thirty-six held power in their own right, but not as much as the top families.
That said, small-time places could be crushed without a burial ground by any one of these families, and the Alleman family happened to be one of those thirty-six.
Of course, Ci-ci cared next to nothing for this. What he truly cared about was the fact that the Alleman family was the very same family attempting to arrange a marriage with his Frae. How could he have any love lost for such a family?
That said, it wasn't to the point of irreconcilable hatred. It wasn't as though his relationship with Frae was public knowledge, in fact, it was very much a secret because he didn't want to implicate her. In a way, it was only as Lucius Grant that he could have open relationships, Ci-ci Bell had no such right.
”Why would the Alleman family be involved in this?”
”You know better than to ask that question, that's above our paygrade kid. That said, this isn't necessarily a bad thing.”
Ci-ci thought for a bit before nodding. ”A family on the levels of the Allemans wouldn't get involved to pull underhanded tricks. They're likely trying to legitimately get a feel for which one of our firms is the better investment. But, that'll bring trouble in the future…”
A family like the Alleman family definitely had their own high-rung firm, or even higher, at their back. In fact, they might have cultivated talented lawyers from within their own bloodline. They would never need to raise up a middle-rung firm like theirs for normal reasons. There was another reason they wanted elevate them, and whatever that reason was, it definitely wasn't out of the kindness of their hearts.
”I'm glad somebody else thinks so too.” Mr. Grant slammed his hand onto his desk to vent his frustration.