Ki looked a little helpless. "The old man holds a grudge not only for us denying him but also because of his damaged pride. He is the type of person not to give up and since we have stated that we have cut all ties with his family, he will try to find another way even if that path may bring our family into it in some way and bring trouble to us. We have several options, the first is to kill them and be done with it. The second is to support one side and try to gain their complete loyalty. The third is to continue to observe and prepare to interfere when worst case scenario presents itself. The last option would be to force the situation so they are forced to move elsewhere and live a much simpler life."
She continued to explain. "The first option is the simplest and most effective but will draw attention to us in a bad way and also requires the determination to see that ones own bloodline connection will be ended without the feeling if guilt. The problem that we have, is that many years ago we lost another connected family by blood through various suspicious circumstances. If we lose yet another family connection through another suspicious way after they had just been in contact with us then a pattern would emerge that would be easy to make speculations and rumours about that would damage our family if enough people would believe it. Some other forces may wish to take this chance to use the subject of investigation of the rumours to look into our families recent actions more closely."
Having two blood related families mysteriously dying is never a good thing especially when there was various transactions or support of some kind between them or simply them having contact with the Bombyx family some time before heir deaths, especially if there was some rumoured or known bad blood or intentions between the families.
The Bombyx family would be suspected of something if this kind of thing becomes more predictable by those smart enough to notice that pattern and take advantage of it.
The Bombyx family still have many business rivals but also potential enemies that may have not revealed themselves yet so they could not let such a thing be used against them or bring damage upon their family name or businesses.
Elizabeth agreed that the first option was not a good option. "I do not think that I could order such a thing. Even if I could cut them off from my life I would not wish for their deaths.."
It was Ki's final decision back then to end her grandmothers sisters family because of the betrayal and the trouble that they had brought upon the Bombyx family and she had kept that a secret from her family.
It was known that they had simply died within the underground prison cells from their captors and nothing else was asked, however when she brought up the options for to kill her mothers family she had to properly explain the advantages and disadvantages of such a plan.
Ki understood her mothers thoughts and continued. "The second option is to approach their enemies and support them but make sure that if they drive out your fathers family or overthrow them, they will still have the chance to live with whatever still remains. The main problem is that we do not fully know who they are allied with and do not have enough information on them. We may catch the interest of or provoke those behind them if there is a supporter which could also put a target on our head… the only option would be to find a way to completely control them so that they cannot expose us even if they have a supporter of some kind. The other side of it would be to support your fathers family but control them so they do not bring harm upon us or their young heir does not bring further trouble upon his family and ruin the support they have been given but this still has the risk of the other family having a secret supporter and interfering. The risks are high and it is difficult to fully control the situation when they are far away from us. We would have to divide some of our resources or private forces just to keep everything from going in the worst direction but there is the benefit of gaining control over a city in the eastern parts of the central lands that is somewhere near the border."
Gaining control over a city near the eastern border was beneficial but the variables were far too many to count and the amount of risk was too heavy of a burden for the family to bear during this time.
Everyone had their own things to focus on and could not afford to handle yet another large project and split the overall resources or manpower.
Elizabeth shook her head. "We have already denied them and I refuse to help clean up their mess even if it may have a slight benefit to us later. It is not enough to make us all risk so much."