Sorting Things Out Is Giving Me a Headache

Eisen finished offering his congratulations and gave Max a few words of advice.

“The new Steiger family will have to show what direction it intends to take. Keeping the Steiger name as it is has clear advantages and disadvantages.”

“Of course. I understand.”

“And on our side as well··· We should clearly sever ties with the Steigers of the past and start from scratch. That’s what most of the Crimson Howls want.”

It would be a different matter if Eisen Crimson Howl were the true family head recognized by Muspelheim. As a provisional head, however, he had to seek the members’ approval and listen to them on most matters, so he intended to clean up the family register thoroughly even though Layton Steiger was dead.

For the key figures of the megacorps ruling over Haze’s institutions, erasing traces left by the dead was hardly difficult.

“I plan to tell Flora after her graduation ceremony. It isn’t far off now.”

“···Yes. I’ll build the Steiger family up properly from the ground up.”

It also meant that the severing of the family relationship between Max and Flora was unavoidable. Max understood, even as he felt regret and bitterness.

Eisen Crimson Howl must have been worn down to the point of exhaustion watching his daughter, Enri Crimson Howl, struggle to prove she could be of use to the family...