While the people left behind at Rose Mansion gossiped out of boredom about why Mr. Luo would be attending the Saint Maiden Ritual as a judge, someone in City Hall was troubled by the same question and entered a secluded room.
That person was Mr. Durrand, the current City Lord of City of Freedom.
Although he was the City Lord, City of Freedom had no hereditary system. He had not been elected into office like the President of City of Dawn, nor had he been selected and groomed by the previous pope like the Pope of City of Blazing Heavens.
The City Lord was appointed by the Saint of City of Freedom at random whenever the current City Lord passed away or retired because his health could no longer handle the demands of the job.
Alternatively, the Saint might appoint one City Lord today out of personal preference, then appoint another to replace him three days later... Such a thing had indeed happened in the history of City of Freedom.
As for the current City Lord Durrand, he had been appointed by the Saint after his predecessor resigned. At the time, Mr. Durrand had merely been a sales manager at a department store.
After entering, Durrand saw a white-clad young man standing by the window, gazing out at... or perhaps observing, the current City of Freedom.
With an attitude as reverent as if he were paying respects to the Saint of City of Freedom, he respectfully approached the white-clad young man.
The angels of City of Blazing Heavens were equivalent to the Saints of City of Freedom.
Moreover, the person before him held a position among the supreme beings of the Seven Capitals similar to that of a council president—although no such institution as a council actually existed among the