Chapter 242 (2): Clap and Get Whatever You Want
Council Hall.
The higher-ups watched the perfect elf projected by the crystal ball in silence.
The High Prophet surveyed the room and said with satisfaction, “Since no one objects, he’s mine.”
“I object!” Senna’s eyes lit up as she stared at Wayne, practically salivating after him. She said fiercely, “Wayne is my student’s student. Since I only have one student, and my student is the same, I won’t give him to you.”
“So? The vassal of my vassal is not my vassal. By the same logic, the student of your student is not your student.” The High Prophet referenced a famous quote, refusing to budge[1].
“Tubert, Wayne’s talented enough to become the Anointed One—the first ever at the Church of Nature,” Senna argued just as stubbornly.
Only now did she remember that when Silvia recommended her two candidates, she had emphasized Wayne’s talent rather than Veronica’s dragon blood. Senna hadn’t paid it any mind then. As someone with dragon blood, she had the tendency to pridefully ignore talent. No matter how talented someone was, they couldn’t have greater potential than a dragon, could they?
Now, though, it seemed entirely possible. Silvia hadn’t lied. Wayne was more talented than Veronica.
“The Church of Nature will never have an Anointed One. What would the goddess think? What would the followers think?”
The High Prophet firmly disagreed, laying down the hard truths. Actually, there could be an Anointed One, but Senna didn’t have the power to break the existing rules. If she let him have Wayne, they could still be friends afterwards. Otherwise, he would make up a divine oracle on the spot, stating that Wayne belonged to the Prophet’s Sanctuary. Following the standard procedure, Senna would get nothing.
The two of them glared at each other. The High Prophet pressed, “You saw it yourself. He’s so compatible with nature that he has to be born with a mission. He will be the perfect successor to the High Prophet. I’ve been waiting years for him to show up.”
“Nonsense! You already have two students. Virgil and Cerci are both geniuses who only appear once in a blue moon. Both of them can communicate with nature.” Senna listed the High Prophet candidates, telling the old man not to be too greedy. He should refrain from snatching things from a great dragon’s grasp, especially. She had spent forty years waiting for Wayne. If he dared to steal Wayne from her, he should be prepared for the consequences!