Eren's stunt had damaged the Slughorn house more than he had anticipated. And it was now on the back foot because of the Edinburgh kingdom standing against it.
The house finally understood the message the kingdom wanted to convey with its actions loud and clear. It stopped pouring money into the underground network and decided to wait a while. It was going to be a long while before the dust settled in for the Slughorns. That is if they don't get dragged into another storm by a certain shapeshifter who had screwed them big time.
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Three months after the Slughorn Scandal.
Nothing much had changed since the scandal became general knowledge among the rankers and cultists of the Edinburgh kingdom. The rankers were still hunting the cultists and the two people who were directly involved. The cultists were also hunting those two people in secret while staying in the shadows.