Moon Ring City City Guild Headquarters, top-floor council chamber.
Though it was eight in the morning, the thick curtains blocked out all sunlight. The barrier outside made the room exceptionally quiet, while the bright lights lent the atmosphere an even greater solemnity.
Moon Witch Cersei sat in the main seat. To her right sat an aged yet stern old witch—the chief elder of the Witch Guild. Ordinarily, the chief elder should have been the previous generation's Moon Witch, but Moon Witch Cersei had risen to power carrying the former Moon Witch's head. Thus, her chief elder was the head of the Silver Family, who had once strongly supported her.
Moon Witch Cersei was domineering, but the chief elder known as Madam Silver was not weak in the slightest. From a certain perspective, Madam Silver represented a force capable of balancing Moon Witch Cersei.
Madam Silver held no official authority, but she represented the interests of all the witch families. And what did the witch families represent? Money, resources, and extremely impressive combat power.
More precisely, it was through Madam Silver that Moon Witch Cersei controlled all the witch families. This was because the highest-ranking figures in the witch faction each represented a different supporting faction.
First was Moon Witch Cersei. Those who supported her were traditional witches—the strongest faction within the witch camp. Those who supported Madam Silver were the witch families.
Interestingly, the witch camp's third-largest faction was controlled by President Po Yern. This faction represented the witches among the common people—in other words, the unaffiliated free witches. Accustomed to freedom and restraintlessness, free witches disliked the authoritarian power represented by Moon Witch Cersei and the conservatism represented by Madam Silver. Instead, they were especially close to President Po Yern's easygoing style.
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