Another year had passed by quickly as the Bombyx family continued to expand their businesses and influence.
They all made their individual targets that they had set themselves, Ki was able to bond with her horse and dog while training them along with undergoing intense training and research.
Agnes had followed the set plans to focus on the internal matters to better fortify the village and increase the safety and order within.
Adam made several trips to Wolfden city, since the city was now undergoing great changes within the year he had to oversee the building of the market and the auction house in the centre of the city.
Several families who had owned stores, houses or land within the area had decided to put their properties up for sale because they wished to move away after encountering the sudden change within the city and the visitors from the capital.
Thanks to Adam's efforts the family gained more control of the city and its land or deeds so the families income would slowly begin to increase after renting out the homes or buildings to families or business owners.
The auction house became a place of attraction for the noble families within the city and even outside, the most attractive feature to many was the pawning item option to be able to receive a monetary loan.
Many people suffer from money problems, even nobles do so if they had anything of value or importance then they could use it as a deposit for their loan.
Although they would lose the item if they could not pay the money back the option was most valued because the auction house usually gave time to pay the money back before they put it up for auction, if it was another store they would of bought the item for a cheap price since the owner was in dire straits and sold it at a high price so the owner would never get a chance to get their item back.
The underground within the city was also uprooted by the law department during the investigation so many gangs and businesses were also damaged which helped Marilyn to take control of every gang and mercenary group within the slum area and put them under her command.
An underground black market auction house was opened up by the organisation Nox and several other small businesses began to open within the slums ranging from the reopening of the newly built gambling hall and several small inns.
Nox slowly began infiltrating the other cities underground world and began its growth, like a hungry beast it began to devour the surrounding forces and put them under control.
Wherever Nox appeared there would follow a drastic change of the rules of the underground and how things were handled.
One of the things the people came to learn was that while Nox was an underground organisation they abhorred human trafficking, organ selling and dealing with volatile and addictive drugs.
Although they were profitable businesses for many they were volatile businesses that destroy humans and the repercussions from being involved with such businesses not only had difficulties when dealing with enemy traders but also those seeking revenge from those that have suffered because of the business.
While some grew used to dealing with people seeking revenge for their family members who had died of illegal drugs they sold or came looking for their lost family who they had been kidnapped and sold, the underground gangs had to endlessly deal with these problems along with confronting their rivals in business or those who just simply wish to bring them down from within the law department of their city.
Many underground gangs were already tired of that kind of life constantly on edge from internal and external threats so the gangs that hadn't gone too deep into that life were quick to submit to Nox and then others followed.
The gangs heavily involved in the those illegal dealings were quietly removed by a new organisation Reapers.
While Nox focussed on subduing and putting to use the gangs and mercenary groups involved in the underground world, the Reapers appeared to begin taking the lives of key members of gangs or organisations within the surrounding cities that were heavily involved with human trafficking and had committed heavy or vile crimes.
Elizabeth's work and martial uniforms were improved and redesigned to suit different styles and materials used for both men and women.
Ki submitted many designs of clothes she had seen on noble ladies and men in her previous life and shortly after Elizabeth had gained a lot of inspiration which lead to several dresses and suits being designed and made.
They quickly became popular within the clothing stores but the most popular styles were the summer dress designs that looked like immortal fairy dresses and the winter clothing which was inspired by the northern clothing used to combat the cold climate.
Leon had primarily focussed on his two handed swordsmanship and his fist forms along with raising and growing his bond with his wolf Winter.
He was growing much taller and muscular the more time he spent training with Kai and Evie.
The blood shadow group had some restructuring after some of its members volunteered to assist with the Nox and Reaper organisations when they were first beginning to be formed but very quickly the missing numbers were made up by any slaves that had been purchased through the family during the years.
Although there was the reapers and Nox acting against human trafficking they could not cover everywhere so the family still had many other places to find and purchase slaves to suit their needs.