Chapter 215: Outing (1) (Teaser)
"You are exactly as I’ve heard, Professor," Logeff said, sitting across from me in an elegant restaurant in Macan. "Now, I understand why Her Majesty holds you in such high regard."
I sliced into the veal steak, and rich juices seeped onto the plate. A meal Epherene would have enjoyed.
"So, is the New Church finally stepping in?" Ihelm asked. “I thought the New Church would spend eternity tucked away in their quiet little cathedrals.”
"Eradicating heresy is the sacred duty of the cathedral," Logeff said with a quiet chuckle, sipping his wine, his eyes—ever thin—curved like those of a fox.
"But still, doesn’t the New Church reject God altogether?"
This continent was shaped by three major religions. When the Holy Era fell and God’s presence faded from the world, belief fractured into separate paths.
The New Church followed the doctrines and teachings of Idsilla, the human who had walked closest to God. The Old Church, upheld by the Scarletborn, worshiped the God of a bygone age. And the Altar, a heretical sect, sought to bring that forsaken God back.
Entangled in all three, the Scarletborn had long been at the heart of conflict, their eradication had long been a constant undercurrent in the continent’s history.
"Yes, that is correct. Sepern, chapter 3, verse 19, ‘The Lord declared that He was no god, but a man like us…’ That is why we uphold His teachings, not the worship of a god," Logeff said, slicing into a spear of asparagus with his knife.
Logeff was a vegetarian, refusing to take life; he abstained from alcohol, believing it tainted the clarity of a noble mind; and he lived in strict austerity, bound solely to the path of Idsilla.
Then Logeff added, "Of course, the distinction between the Lord and a god does not seem so great."
"Does the New Church acknowledge the existence of God?"
The question had not come from Ihelm or me—it was Primien of the Ministry of Public Safety. After Vahalla's fall, the officials of the Imperial Palace had gathered in Macan to handle the aftermath, and among them was Primien, the Deputy Director of Public Safety.
Logeff offered a pleasant...
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