A wooden crucifix hanging in a hut.
Under the tent spread in front of it, people are buzzing and intently watching something.
"Anthony Cage! Anthony Cage again! This time... Hugh Taylor!"
As someone pulls out notes one by one from a perforated barrel and calls out the names written on them, others mark a tally next to those names, recording the number of times the name was called.
It was an unremarkable election. The number of participants was a modest scale of only about 70 people, and those gathered around were not people with great power or wealth.
But they themselves were approaching the election procedure more seriously than ever before. Each time a slip with a name appeared, they clenched their fists, prayed, and concentrated.
"Currently, Anthony Cage has 53 votes, Edmund Grand has 11 votes, Hugh Taylor has 9 votes... Anthony, Anthony Cage, has been duly elected as our spiritual representative on March 12, 1603!"
