"What the people will think is nothing. The people will know that if it is an instruction from Izeneya, then a promise is being fulfilled by the Ninth. We must not fear the people but the gods who chose Lady Pristina."
'… How rough… he is the head for a reason…' — Marianne thought, amazed by how the elder hushed the doubts of the others so easily. Lifting her head as she was called again by the main elder.
"Our precious, Ninth. What we argued here is always with the Empire's wellbeing in mind, hopefully, you will not take the comments made here to heart and will not let them affect your view of our duties."
'Of course not~… You are doing a great job… since they doubted me when I am truly lying.' — She thought, sorry to use them like this since it was the sole way to get what she needed.
"May your mission go smoothly so the gods are pleased. If it is to fulfil these divine orders, our aid will be given in the name of the Empire you belong to."
