The sun climbed higher outside the window. As the papers on the main Council Hall's conference table were gradually screened out, it only made the candidates who had passed earlier seem less terrible.
They were all notorious criminals with some fame in the Empire.
A paper with a score of 69 belonged to Meat Scraps Graf. He had a massive body covered in numerous cuts and brands, as well as a deep knife scar at the corner of his mouth. He was an interrogator and butcher who captured humans, dismembered them, and sold their body parts on the black market, though there was no direct evidence.
However, the district where he lived had a much higher-than-normal disappearance rate according to statistics. There were also rumors that he inflicted all kinds of unimaginable torture on his victims in a dark room. He was brutal, and his interest in pain far exceeded his interest in wealth.
The next high-scoring passing paper had a score of 78. It belonged to Poison Sting Walter. He was thin and pale-skinned, with a black eyepatch over his left eye.
"He wears several rings filled with poison on the fingers of his right hand. He's a poison master who lives in a residential district on the outskirts of the imperial capital, and is infamous for producing and selling deadly poisons."
"It's said that he tests new poisons on innocent vagrants. He's cold-blooded, cunning, and has no regard for human life."
"His personality is pretty good, isn't it?"
Without much discussion, Kaius placed his paper and record on the passing side.
"Is there not a single Sealing Mage?"
The high priest beside him flipped through the many records that had already passed. Their professions varied, but not a single person clearly seemed to be a Sealing Mage of