Five Governors

In the conference hall, no one knew how many times the atmosphere had shifted already.

After Roland continued to express his support for Felicia, the room instantly fell cold and silent. No one objected, but no one voiced support either.

It was not that Roland's prestige had declined, nor that everyone was trying to join forces and resist him through this matter. Felicia's identity was simply far too sensitive.

That alone would have been one thing. If she had been appointed governor of another sea region, everyone would have given Roland some face. Even if they objected, it would not have been on such a scale.

But this was the Glazed Sea Region, the ancestral territory of the Sea God Race. Once Felicia regained a foothold there, who knew what might happen in the future?

A split territory? A rebellion by another race? Those were things no one could accept.

At that moment, Roland, seated at the head of the room, found the situation somewhat troublesome.

His decision to give the position of Governor of the Glazed Sea Region to Felicia was not merely to fulfill the promise he had made years ago and return the Glazed Sea Region to the Merfolk race.

His greater goal was actually to draw the attention of the more than one million merfolk currently in the Elf Empire. If he could use Felicia to win over the entire Merfolk race, Roland would profit enormously.

The tens of thousands of merfolk priests alone could double the strength of the Mage Regiment under his command. By then, even if the three great kingdoms of Terra, Cardina, and Ribela joined forces, they might not be able to withstand them.

However, the time was not right. Roland clearly could not publicly reveal this goal now. If word got