Only when his figure completely disappeared from view did the suffocating tension in the air finally ease.
The guests who had come to attend the funeral let out quiet sighs of relief, and as the fear that had gripped them began to fade, murmurs of discussion broke out among them.
"I thought the Kleinberg Family had climbed up the social ladder… but it turns out, it was just Sera Kleinberg who secured a powerful backer."
"No doubt about it."
"Say what you will, but Logan is absolutely shameless. If it were me, I could never bring myself to kneel and beg like that."
"Hah. When your life's on the line, do you think anyone still cares about pride?"
"..."
The people attending the funeral weren't ordinary guests. Everyone present was a person of status in The City, and having witnessed this scene, they were already piecing together the implications.
