Seeing how bad the situation in Crux was, Arabella and Ferdinand discussed with Prince Sebastian and Princess Seraphina possible development plan they can apply for Crux.
They headed to the next territory to after reporting to Ferdinand everything they learned in Sibruh
Since Althea was already in an arranged marriage with another merchant family by then, her younger sister was the one set up to marry the first son of the Duke.
However, no one expected that the Revero Household would decline greatly to almost bankruptcy after Althea's father was replaced by his heir Calvin, her older brother.
Calvin made a lot of bad investments and failed to manage the family business well so their family soon lost a great deal of its power and influence.
It resulted in Althea's fiancé backing out from their marriage. She became a laughing stock and a disgraced lady.
