Around a weeks time passed and the men from the martial alliance arrived at the village.
Agnes, Adam, Isaac and Miranda arrived at the front gate of the village to greet them.
Isaac whispered from behind in a low voice so only the group could hear. "The man at the front is Eric Cotton an old acquaintance of mine, he will be in charge of the investigation. Just cooperate with them so we can get this over with as quickly as possible."
Adam and Agnes nodded while Miranda studied the new arrivals with curiosity, they all bowed politely and greeted them. "Welcome to the Bombyx families village."
Agnes spoke first and introduced herself and the others. "I am Agnes Bombyx the previous head of the family, here is my son Adam who is the current head of the family and this is Miranda and Isaac who assist the family in their individual roles."
The leader of the group Eric walked forward to greet the group and raised a written document with the martial alliances markings on it. "By the order of the central lands capital law department, we have arrived to investigate allegations of groups being involved with illegal dealings and murder along with collusion with the blood sect. Tell me, are we in the right place?"
Isaac stepped forward and smiled. "Always so stiff Eric… anyways welcome. You are in the right place and you arrived just in time as we have already extracted as much information from the prisoners but if you wish to continue the interrogation then you are free to take them off our hands."
Eric snorted upon hearing Isaacs words and replied. "We just arrived so we need a place to stay for the first day so we can rest up and then we can investigate tomorrow."
Isaac nodded and spoke in a solemn tone. "No problem, there is more than enough space to accommodate everyone. During the invasion many of the villagers and workers in the mansion lost their lives because of the invaders or because they betrayed the Bombyx family. I will escort you to your place of stay during this time."
Eric looked especially tired after his long journey and agreed. "Okay, we will get settled first."
Agnes spoke up as Eric and his guards were leaving. "I hope you have a comfortable stay, if you need any assistance from the family be sure to contact us."
Agnes and the others left and headed back to the mansion while Isaac escorted the new arrivals to their temporary homes.
Eric saw that Isaac was leaving after seeing them get settled and a serious look appeared in his eyes.
He turned towards the guards and spoke up. "Your first orders are to quietly investigate the villagers and get a detailed description on what happened here. I want them questioned but I do not want them harmed or harassed during this time as they have already suffered enough. Be on your best behaviour during this time."
The guards nodded before going off as a group of two each towards different directions.
Eric sat in the small house and was in deep thought. 'Isaac seems to have found a good place to rely on by the look of things. The capital was never truly suited for him anyways, even today they still refer to him as a pervert or a mad man but from looking at him he is doing well.'
Back at the mansion Isaac finally arrived in families study room where the whole family except for Leon were in attendance.
Agnes spoke up upon seeing him enter the room. "So is it as you predicted?"
Isaac nodded and replied. "If I know him well, even if he is tired from the journey he will use this time to begin collecting information on the invasion and the villages situation. Once he has confirmed the details then tomorrow he will begin to meet the prisoners and ask for what we know. All we need to reveal is that the family was caught up thanks to the former member of the Bombyx family Celene and her family getting involved with gambling debts which led to exposing the family to those behind the turmoil within Wolfden city."
Agnes clenched her fists upon hearing her dead sisters name. "She sure brought a lot of trouble our way this time. We were lucky to survive."
Elizabeth placed her hand onto Agnes clenched fist to comfort her. "Don't worry mom, everything is over now. We survived and we just need to get past this hurdle then we can go back to how things were."
Agnes shook her head. "You are too naive. Even if we do not catch the eyes of the forces behind the group that attacked us this time… what about the next time something like this happens? We need to increase our power or we will fall the next time something of this scale or bigger happens. This time it was all thanks to Isaacs strategy and the assistance of Ki and others but what happens if one day something happens when she is away from home when she is older? We cannot keep relying on one person to solve the problems."
Ki nodded upon hearing her grandmothers words. "Don't worry grandmother I and Isaac have been drawing up a plan to change and develop the village and make it stronger than before."
Adam smiled upon listening to his daughters words. "So what about your father? Can't I do anything to help?"
Ki smiled and shook her head. "You and mom may have been able to get used to the basics of fist techniques and body exercises but there will always be a limit to your individual strength and potential because you started at a later age. You and mother just need to keep the family business and working or political relationships stable along with grandmother. If the law department asks for assistance just do as they ask so long as it's not an excessive demand."
Isaac and the rest of the family nodded agreeing with her words and then began to go back to their own individual work.
Ki went back to her training grounds to train her body further and digest her gains and insights from the previous battle.