The laughter of the First Elder erupted when he heard this, not because of the words, but because he had just noticed something else.
"A Silver Mancer? This is who you expected us to have so much respect for? Are you kidding me? But I guess you've never been good at raising disciples. Why else would your precious Lilac and Violet come to me?"
Lyrah simply closed her eyes and said nothing more. However, from his sneer, it seemed the First Elder didn't care at all. He had said his piece, and the doubts the others had toward Lyrah had only become clearer than ever.
The only one amongst them who had an internal raised eyebrow was Second Elder Ilzan.
If this boy was really just a Silver Mancer… why was Lyrah so confident?
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Matriarch Macie's gaze slowly lowered from the screen down toward Lyra, who seemed to still be trying to figure out exactly what to say.
