Amber's words made Gawain's expression freeze for an instant. Then, uncontrollable thoughts began spreading through his mind.
Like a single light kindled in the night, clues that everyone had instinctively overlooked emerged from the darkness. He suddenly realized—what Amber had said was probably the key.
"Actually, I started wondering about something the moment we learned that Night Lady might be connected to the Violet Kingdom," Amber said after thinking for a moment, slowly laying out her view. "Night Lady is a god who holds authority over the night, yet the Violet Kingdom is a Mage Kingdom obsessed with spreading magic outward. That is obviously strange. Of course, it can be explained purely through a god's power—after all, even the strongest spells mortals can wield cannot compare to Divine Miracles. If Night Lady truly intended to foster a nation of mages in the mortal world and conceal it through some kind of 'miracle,' then she could certainly do it. But the problem is... Night Lady was asleep. The birth of the Violet Kingdom was practically an accident to her...
"On the other hand, 'spreading knowledge' is the God of Reverse Tide's inclination. As a god born from the ancient Counter Tide Empire's blind worship of the Sailors' technology, he possessed this instinct to spread things, as the records in Modir's Travels also showed. And the magical system spread by the Violet Kingdom had another notable feature: the 'Technology Black Box.' Whether it was Telepathic Communication or soul-based spells, without exception, they were all obscure, intricate, and difficult 'Violet-style magic' whose principles were unknown..."
At this point, Amber looked into Gawain's eyes. "So I was thinking... perhaps the Violet Kingdom had been under the dual influence of Reverse Tide and Night Lady from the very beginning. Its foundation was Night Lady's dream,