The Priestesses suffered such tremendous mental depletion that they aged far faster than ordinary humans and had shorter lives. It was easy to calculate that several, even a dozen or more, Priestesses returned to the sea of stars every year, which meant that several, even a dozen or more, Priestesses' Successors would come to the Capital Planet for training at the Sacrificial Hall.
Since this was a regular occurrence, the people of the Galaxy Alliance should not have been particularly interested in the arrival of a Priestess's Successor on the Capital Planet. But the Star Gate Priestess held a very high position within the Sacrificial Hall, second only to the one who could not be spoken of and equal to the Priestesses of six other Star Sectors. Her successor was different, after all.
What was more, this year's successor to the Star Gate Priestess was a poor girl from the Underground District. That legendary story had already spread from Star Gate Base to countless planets, which was why so many news outlets had come to cover her arrival, with several television stations even choosing to broadcast it live.
But even those television stations had not expected their ratings to start climbing soon after the broadcasts began, then suddenly soar along an unimaginable curve.
What was going on?
News directors and reporters had a terrifying sensitivity to ratings, almost like ascended immortals sensing changes in the energies of heaven and earth. Almost simultaneously, every news outlet either received instructions or, entirely of its own accord, turned its cameras toward the young man behind the red-haired girl Priestess...
More than a dozen drones descended from high above, as though determined to shove their cameras right into the young man's face. Only after the warship issued a low-altitude warning did they reluctantly rise