Their first choices were young women with potential and uncomplicated backgrounds.
Of course, they also had to be female.
With the Valkyrie's charm aura, as long as the Duke's Mansion was willing to act, they rarely encountered any resistance.
As a result, several more reserves had been added to the maid corps.
After looking them over, Dark moved on and asked about matters related to the council election.
Although the second stage of the council election lasted fifteen days, the candidates with powerful backing had no patience to wait that long. Within two or three days, they had already secured nearly all the votes they could gather, instantly widening the gap in vote counts.
The Duke's Mansion had done the same, directly filling City Lord Montilfali's tally and propelling her into second place.
The candidate in first place was fully supported by the Holy Church. First or second did not matter much; as long as they made the top five, there would be no problem. To preserve her ranking, Aurora had led people from the Free City around to canvass for votes, winning quite a few more.
City Lord Montilfali's ranking was now basically secure. The key was whether anything unexpected would happen during the third stage.
City Lord Montilfali had already begun preparing her speech for the third stage. The Heroes' Assembly, the council election, and negotiations with the Golden Kingdom. The news blockade had been very successful, but the negotiations with the Golden Kingdom had failed. The Golden Kingdom had shut its doors to visitors and refused contact with anyone.
However, according to the Duke's Mansion's speculation, the Golden Kingdom had not truly secluded itself. It should have placed informants outside, attempting to observe this world through its own eyes.
Culture, language, customs...
Equal exchange could only be