Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2636

'On top of that, only those with at least three more affinities are chosen for the role.' Lith thought while the remaining representatives fought for his attention.

'Judging from their childish behavior, they must be desperate for Origin Flames. None of them has promised me anything but all of them are trying to get on my good side. Time to stir the pot and see what comes to the surface.'

Lith waited for the pleasantries and goodbyes to be over before making his move.

The only other person to receive attention and courtesy from the Parliament was Aalejah, but it wasn't without an ulterior motive as well. The representatives were greatly interested in hearing about her stories as a former Chronicler candidate and examining her Yggdrasill staff.

They also demonstrated great curiosity toward her status as Awakened and the influence she held in the outside world through her position in the Council. For such reasons, she received many invitations to spend her time as their honorable guest.

'Greedy bastards!' Unfortunately for them, after playing politics by Athung's side for so long, Aalejah wasn't so na?ve anymore. 'Their only goal is to use me to get a place for themselves in the outside world in case the Parliament decides to serve the Tree but they don't want to follow.

'They want to bring me to their respective sides to use me as a deterrent against the other Clans and exploit my relationship with Lith as a backdoor access to his abilities.'

None of her thoughts showed on her face as she smiled and thanked them one by one before turning down their invitations, claiming that she was in a rush to report to the Council the status of the negotiations.

"I thank you all for your offers, but I don't like to play favorites." Lith said before bidding them goodbye. "I want you to make your decision with a mind free from the burden of possible future alliances and to evaluate the different offers solely on their merit.

"For this reason, I can't stay in Setraliie and I can't bring Le'Ahy with me." At those words she went pale, the only trace of color left on her face was in her cheeks as if Lith had slapped her. "My duty with the Council demands secrecy and discretion, just like yours.

"I can't ask my loyal guide to choose between her duty as my host and that to her people."

"I see." Bal'Eza said with a sigh while aside from her pallor, Le'Ahy remained impassible.

"In a sign of friendship and since we need a means of communication, however, I want you to have this." Lith handed Le'Ahy a silver communication amulet. "It already carries my rune.

"Whenever you need to speak to me or when the Parliament is done with its deliberation, you can call me and we can set a neutral meeting point."

Communication amulets were trivial objects on Garlen, but a priceless treasure for the elves who had been exiled long before Jeron Klavin, the second Ruler of the Flames, had shared them with the rest of Mogar.

To the elves, it was a wonder of modern Forgemastery and due to its ability to create holograms, it stirred their hopes of learning the secrets of Light Mastery by studying the amulet's enchantments.

It was all a pipe dream since true and fake mages had tried and failed to do that from the day of the amulets' release yet in their ignorance, the elves had no way to know it.

With one move, Lith was giving them a taste of the outside world, showing them the advancements that magic had made from the time of their exile, and adding more fuel to the fire of their rivalry.