The human Directors didn't cast a single vote or even speak a word throughout the meeting, and just like that, the meeting concluded.
It was as if none of it had anything to do with them.
—Perhaps it really didn't have anything to do with them to begin with.
After the end of the Doctrine Wars, the Elves had already taken complete control of the entire world. Whether they established nations, formed governments, or simply controlled the world covertly through gigantic corporations, it was merely a different manifestation of their power.
In reality, they were the Monarchs of this world... and not just any monarchs, but eternal kings who had ruled for over one thousand years.
Although this seemed like the future world, their method of governance was even more archaic than that of feudal nobility.
It was the so-called "Divine Monarchy"—where, although ruling over mortals, they were actually eternal gods themselves.