Chapter 214: Excursion. (1)

“The Professor is as I’ve heard.”

In a fancy restaurant in Makan, Roseph was speaking during our shared meal.

“There’s a reason why Her Majesty trusts you.”

I cut the calf steak with a knife, juices leaking out. It was a food that Epherene would like.

“But, are the Protestants coming forward now?”

Ihelm asked.

“I thought the Protestants would just live quietly in the Church?”

He smirked as he drank his wine. Roseph’s eyes were as thin as a thread and crooked like a fox’s.

“It’s the Church’s obligation to eradicate any perversion of faith.”

“No, but still, don’t the Protestants not believe in God?”

There were three main religions on the continent. After the collapse of the sacred era where God was believed to have existed, the Protestants followed the teachings and doctrines of Idsilla, the human closest to God. The Demon Blood’s Church believed in a God before the sacred era, and the Altar was trying to resurrect that God.

“Yes, that’s right. Sepereunso 3:19 ‘The Lord said that he was not God, but a person just like us….’ Therefore, we only serve the Lord’s teaching but do not follow a god.”

Roseph cut into a piece of asparagus. He was a vegetarian and abstained from drinking because it would tarnish his honorable spirit. He was also celibate, just like Idsilla.

“Of course, there’s not a huge gap between the Lord and God.”

“Do the Protestants believe in God’s existence?”

The one that asked wasn’t Ihelm or me but Primienne of the Security Department. Government officials from the empire gathered in Makan for the aftermath of Barahal, and Primienne, the Deputy Director of Security, was among them. Roseph smiled brightly.

“Oh~, that’s-”

“The first Archmage was a believer of God.”

Then, everyone in the restaurant looked at me. Roseph, Ihelm, and Primienne, who I was sitting with, but also the high-ranking officials around us. I put down my knife.

“Since he believed in God, his followers cannot deny God.”

“Yes, that’s right. Oh~, the Professor really gets me.”

Roseph took another bite before continuing.

“That’s right. Even the Lord is a believer, so we follow him… but, the truth is, the interpretation is arguable.”