One was a priestess while the other was a mage. As these two people discussed the issue of offspring from the perspective of a professional, the atmosphere was inevitably tense.
"Sika, I don't quite understand. Since a priestess isn't allowed to get married, why are they allowed to have children?"
"The people of Caucasus are like that. A priestess harnesses the power of nature. Take a look at the creatures living in nature, which of them are getting married other than humans?"
"Have you told the elders about us?"
"No, they will understand anyway, Caucasus people are not stupid. A priestess does have an obligation to bear children, because their descendants have a very high probability of becoming a priest or priestess. There is a decreasing number of them among the Caucasus people, most of them died in battles. If this goes on, no one will be around to spread the religion and it will simply fade away."
