Homer’s seemingly casual sentence struck Nathaniel like a bolt from the blue.

In the whole of the United States, there was no Oskian Chamber of Commerce that had a major family such as the Foxes as their member.

The Fox family’s assets alone were greater than the combined assets of all the association members. Obviously, the Fox family wouldn’t care to rub shoulders with them.

The difference was akin to a billionaire who couldn’t join a millionaire club with per capita assets of only one or