Ch. 164 Voice of Sands

Within minutes of the rules being posted, hundreds of nominations came in for Laura, and Sid despite being ineligible according to to rule one. That rule stated that the person must have lived in Vellen Kingdom for the last five years and be of an age no less than eighteen years. The first half of that rule was included mostly to disqualify Laura, as she would most likely win by a landslide, thanks to how popular her affordable meals were. After an hour another name was also starting to be recommend frequently. Melody Mills, a baker that was know to give away any unsold bread from the previous day to orphaned children.

**Silver Sands**

As the sun began to set Elric looked out over a sea of people. It was clear that Rain was successful in her efforts to spread news about this announcement. Several of the castle guards could be seen lighting torches as the sun continued to set. The last rays of day making the for Elric to begin his speach.