Chapter 261 - 36 Performance
However, despite their unremarkable strength, Alisa’s grandfather, the previous Viscount Alk, was able to perceive the dire situation the family faced.
The rise of Marquis Alk was so rapid that he advanced from an ordinary Third Rank Professional to Ninth Rank in less than six hundred years.
Everyone speculated whether he had left behind some treasure related to his rapid advancement within his family.
To avoid being targeted by covetous attackers, Alisa’s grandfather, during the final phase of protection, voluntarily handed over the treasures and the majority of the family’s assets to the Royal Family, seeking more protection.
As a result, a Ninth Rank representative from the Royal Family made a grand and justified visit to their estate.
This had two hidden implications: first, the Royal Family decided to protect the Alk Family; second, there was nothing of interest left for a Ninth Rank to pay attention to.
Although the Alk Family was spared from outright destruction by external enemies, the loss of their assets and savings led to their decline.
By the time of Alisa’s father, the situation had become even more difficult.
In the course of the rise of Marquis Alk, the interests of some were inevitably infringed upon.
After his family’s decline, some smaller families, under the guidance of certain individuals, started to ostracize them deliberately or inadvertently, eroding their remaining assets and making their days even harder.
But for Alisa, the situation seemed to have changed somewhat.