849 Clara, Ri and Madeleine 4 (1/2)

After that event, no one dared to bother the young lady about her choice in husband anymore. Even though many thought she might be lying, after all, how could such an alchemy talent fly under their radar, they chose to let it be. With the young lady's talent, they simply didn't have the right to question her decisions, and clearly, even if she was lying, this romance of hers hadn't affected her focus on her craft at all, so they didn't have any right to complain.

That said, many thought she just made up this husband of hers entirely. It wasn't rare for young women, especially as beautiful as she was, to be harassed constantly by young masters who saw themselves as more important that the heavens themselves. Maybe she thought this imaginary husband of hers would alleviate some of the pressure on her.

However, after that day, those young geniuses itching to prove themselves to the beauty didn't even get an opportunity. In fact, she spent all of her time forging, hardly resting at all. That was, until yesterday, when she came to a her master with the very idea that caused this meeting of theirs.

Old Man Baker laughed uproariously, thinking about the day the azure robed elder's disciple got slapped so resoundingly.

”That's enough.” A green robed elder spoke out. ”I hope you called us all here for more reasons than to just brag about your disciple.”

Unlike the other elders, this elder hardly cared about this young genius. That was because he was a runic vein master. Considering that truth, high soul talent was useless to him. In fact, those with high soul talent were usually the least talented in his faction.

Hearing this, all of the surrounding elders agreed, and looked toward the silver robed Old Man Baker. However, they instead found him looking at the elder that headed them all, wearing white robes. He looked particularly handsome and had piercing golden eyes.

This meeting of elders was one that could only be called by the heads of the various factions, and they were limited to only a single one per century. For Old Man Baker to use his privilege, one could understand that it was highly important to him. But, the fact he looked toward the current Sapientia Clan head made them realize that this was even more serious than they thought.

The truth was that this wasn't the true Sapientia Clan head, but one appointed to look over these meetings. However, his authority was absolute. After all, this quadrant was owned by Sapientia and it was a holy land for craftsmen like them. If they remained in their own individual clans, they would be treated extremely well, but they would never be able to progress. That was because this was the hub of knowledge, resources, and wealth, here they could take five steps for the energy it would to take one elsewhere.

The handsome Sapientia smiled as everyone's attention turned to him. ”Elder Baker's disciple is truly a genius among geniuses.” He sighed. ”If she wasn't already married, I would have invited her to choose among our Sapientia Clan geniuses to join our family.”

Hearing such words of praise, the surrounding elders couldn't help be shocked.