NOVPUB"I won't have to worry about that, I'm more afraid there won't be enough spots for everyone, and that'll cause a fight back home," Ores said, describing a certain kind of blissful trouble.
As a scion of an Elf Family and a representative of a syndicate of Elf tycoon groups, she naturally had a multitude of talented individuals from prestigious families and trained by corporate groups sending people her way; she was never short of candidates.
"You really are blessed," Shui Yanqing said with a slight shake of her head. Even she sometimes couldn't help but envy Ores for her superior birth conditions, whereas her own status was somewhat awkward.
As a member of the Conservative Faction of the Federation, Elves were not fond of people like her who were genetically modified, nor could she be considered a pure human. Because of the shadow of the Fifth Epoch, many large human-side corporate powers found it difficult to wholeheartedly support her, which resulted in an unconscious distancing.
Only those enterprises focused on gene engineering and a few special types of gargantuan corporations would support her wholeheartedly, as their interests were closely linked.
As for Blanchi, Shui Yanqing glanced at the chestnut-haired girl beside her. Perhaps she was still somewhat timid and as meek as a hamster now, but she had the support of many Star Domains in the western part of the Federation, powers that she would eventually become aware of and have at her disposal.
As for Tilan, she looked over at the black-haired girl on her other side. Tilan's situation wasn't great either, since there were actually quite a few Songstresses in the southwestern Star Domain; just her group, Four-leaf Crystal, currently had three, and it was economically backward.
For her own sake and to fulfill Dr. Norman's wish, she had to change the Federation's long-standing ban on gene editing, which required substantial power and influence. And relying on herself alone, even as a Songstress, she inevitably felt weak and isolated.
She needed many allies, and if they were Songstresses, all the better. This was why she had taken special care of Blanchi since entering the school.
Unlike Ores, who was born with a golden spoon in her mouth, never worrying about the future, and living a carefree life, she had started from a much lower position and faced more obstacles, including long-entrenched traditional views within the Federation, as well as the vested interests of the various Elf species.
Compared to 'Adapters,' the present-day humans, the Elves, as 'Chanter,' harbored even greater disdain for 'new species' born from gene editing.
In the eyes of many Elves, these 'new species' were distorted and discordant, like incoherently assembled 'non-humans.' Their uniform, brainwashed mentality was, to the Elves, akin to heresy.
The bad of the heretics, however ugly and evil, was unrelated to themselves, but heresy was different. The Elves' bad would lead to the destruction of the image and reputation they had established over many years, because in the eyes of others, you were seen as similar and the same.
The birth of the Elves was also the result of human genetic engineering by the 'Solaris Wings,' and if all new species were denied, then would Elves count as one of them? This question was difficult to consider in detail, but fortunately, 'Golden Flame Flower' Isenisha, with half an Elf Bloodline, provided an excuse of legitimacy and righteousness that spared the Elves from having to answer this question.
However, the danger always existed. To avoid rising another calamity of the Fifth Epoch and to prevent the emergence of more 'heretics,' the Elves had always strived to maintain the Rose Federation's supreme charter, excluding 'newborn species' from the realm of citizenship.
There's still a long road ahead, the blue-haired Songstress sighed inwardly. Then she lifted her head and looked across at the silver-haired Elf who was lost in her thoughts.
