HideousGrain
I feel like Michael is underestimating how big of a game changer his soultrait is. Extraction allows him to thrive in a dangerous region not just because of the soultraits and fragments he could get, its the extra resources that he gets as well. Where your average lord is getting at most 50-75% value from a kill, Michael is getting at least double that every time. On top of getting extra soultraits and upgrading them, people will definitely start greeding and plotting.
If he has to join a family hopefully his sister comes back or his parents take him they're got enough power to protect whether he agrees or not but if he has to choose a family I guess Zenovia due to Alice having enough to strength to back him , Seraph family will probably have him locked up as Maria doesn't have enough power at the moment