Influence

After hearing Minos' question, the two looked at each other for a moment until Elena decided to speak first. "I'm not sure about my family, but I believe we won't get involved."

Despite being a prominent noble power of Stone Island, the Neel family was just a blacksmith organization at the end of the day. Because of this, they generally didn't get involved in situations like these since they were already specialized in an area with a lot of demand.

Most of the items needed to produce spiritual artifacts created by blacksmiths were present on Stone Island, so there wasn't much need for the blacksmith organizations to import resources. Consequently, a power with such an advantage would hardly get into trouble, gambling on a future king...

"I understand. That's good. What about the Nash family?" Minos asked as he turned to Elen.