Relatively speaking, both the Conservative Faction and the Radical Faction belonged to the more extreme types.
Consequently, although their factional power was not particularly great, their presence was extremely strong.
In this council election, quite a few candidates belonged to their ranks.
By contrast, the far more powerful Dove Faction and Hawks made little movement.
The Holy Church had only three openly declared candidates.
The Valkyrie faction had only two openly declared candidates.
One of them was Montilfali, the Lord of the Free City.
Of course, three plus two made five, making it seem as though the five council seats had already been carved up between those two factions.
But in truth, both the Holy Church and the Valkyrie faction had only given those candidate councilors rather ordinary support.
Clearly, they did not value them all that highly.
In Alvitr's words, even if none of their people were elected in the end, they could still turn the elected ones into their people.
Rather than paying attention to the council election, it was better to watch the Heroes' Assembly beginning in July. They said true masters emerged from among the people; perhaps someone would distinguish themselves at the Heroes' Assembly and become a darling of the age.
If a Magister with truly exceptional potential appeared, both this side and the Holy Church would consider making a move.
Because what came next would be an era where individual might surpassed all else. They could not simply watch good prospects get snapped up by the king. "Speaking of the Heroes' Assembly, once today is over, July will arrive the day after tomorrow. There should already be a list of especially outstanding contestants, right?" Dark said.
Resting her chin on her hand, Alvitr smiled and said, "There is, but there are always surprisingly many