The soldier's face quickly turned back into one of disbelief. "You have to be kidding, of course he is. He is the ruler of a city after all."
"What does that matter, isn't it just something decided through politics?" Eldrian asked in confusion, having believed that the handling of these things would be similar to medieval times on earth. He had yet to really mingle with nobles, having only had short interactions with most, so he didn't really know how they differed from what he believed.
"No, that is something that would only happen with towns and villages. Cities are always controlled by the strong, this is common knowledge. How do you not know this?"
"Never came up before, I mean Pelaros is the first mayor I have met," Eldrian replied, adding in his mind, and the twins the first nobles I really talked to other than Vivian and Old Sword.
"How strong is he then?" Eldrian asked after a slight pause.
