"Wait, Uncle… Is Max really okay with revealing his return?" Drai asked, thinking this was odd since Max had been doing what he could to avoid the mysterious organization's scrutiny, even going as far as disguising himself when they met at the coffee shop a while ago.
"Of course, otherwise we wouldn't be holding this event. And why should he fear revealing himself to the public anyway? This announcement will be a great boon for his family, especially when they're facing increasingly tough competition from their rivals. I don't know too much of the details, but it seems like many groups have banded together recently to end the Velles' hegemony in the business sector. I don't know if you realized it or not when you stayed with them, but their companies haven't been doing that great these past few years. They're still afloat for now, but if their counter-measures are ineffective, we might just witness a momentous fall of a centuries-old dynasty in the near future."
