Chapter 68: Destined Destroyer (Rewritten)
Bronya pursed her lips as she began to explain to Seele:
"The Architects said that the guardian’s successor is selected from among all people in Belobog. The selection process can take anywhere from a few years to a few decades. During that time, all children of the appropriate age in both the Overworld and the Underworld will be tested. In the end, only one child deemed as worthy will be chosen. I... must have been chosen from among the children here and then taken to the surface..."
Seele tilted her head. She had always thought that the Supreme Guardian’s child would naturally be the one who would lead Belobog. She supposed that it was still true. It wasn’t that being the Supreme Guardian’s daughter made Bronya eligible to be next in line, but she was the Supreme Guardian’s daughter because she was eligible.
Frowning, Seele wondered if Natasha was aware of this.
"The kids at the orphanage are always coming and going... I never thought that there would’ve been a future Supreme Guardian among us! Does Nat know about this? Could she have been keeping it a secret...?"
Bronya paused for a moment, before shaking her head.
"...I don’t think she knows. The selection of the successor is done with utmost secrecy, and the child chosen must completely say goodbye to their past."
Her expression became bitter, her eyes locked onto a spot on the ground.
"And thus... I became the daughter of Madam Cocolia. My only identity is that of guardian successor, but I’m... not good enough..."
Raising a brow, Seele wondered where she was going with this.
Bronya continued: