355 - Wrapping up

"Sorry, I didn't recognize you, Elder Stern!"

Al heard these words and saw the man bow perplexed. She had no idea of what they were talking about. Stern was obviously Noah's family name, yet, Elder? She had never heard anything about it, let alone being an elder, she saw him as a kid, but what about him was enough to make people like these, whom she saw as absolute rulers bow. 'Elder Stern?' she asked herself, as she looked aroun, trying to read the mood. Yet, everyone else's faces were relaxed and normal, as if they all already expected this to happen anyways. This was completely absurd in her mind. Noah was an orphan, who worked day to day chores in order to feed himself and pay his mother's debt. He was a weak blessed who only recently started becoming stronger as his blessed improved. That was all she knew and heard. And that he had a speaking monster that shouldn't exist.