Gawain and Bercetia's line of thinking proved one thing thoroughly: if you wanted to exploit loopholes in religious rituals, you either had to know the trade or have no shame. As long as you met one of those conditions, you could exploit loopholes as large as you pleased. Religious practices passed down from the era of primitive worship evolved slowly, and almost no one viewed such sacred matters from the perspective of exploiting loopholes. Naturally, no one would take the initiative to fix bugs or seriously discuss the irrational aspects of ritual procedures. Yet the natural principles behind those rituals would not avoid certain loopholes simply because believers ignored them. Now, flaws that no one had considered for centuries had become "opportunities" in Gawain's eyes.
Thinking about it carefully, the existence of such loopholes was inevitable. After all, one of the most important requirements of devout faith was "do not question." What did that mean? Simply put, divine authority was absolute. Anything concerning the gods was beyond mortal doubt. Encountered a difficult problem? That was a trial bestowed by the gods. Something in the scripture did not make sense? Your comprehension was inadequate. Halfway through a sacrificial rite, the house next door suddenly vanished? The gods must have profound reasons for doing so. Do not think about it; keep praying. Even if the whole street disappeared, that was the will of heaven...
That was devotion.
Of course, that was only considering matters from the perspective of church activities. In actual practice, they could not be so crude and simplistic. As a ruler of the real world, Gawain also had to consider social stability and the lives of countless ordinary people. He could not truly hold a massive sacrificial ceremony and let an entire building, or even half a block, vanish