White marble was slowly laid atop the building, giving the exquisite structure its final shape.
The figures standing before the building erupted in cheers.
"It's done!"
Rot raised his head and looked at the completed structure before turning to the woman beside him, dressed in a white robe. "Is this a 'temple' built for a god?"
"No." The woman in white shook her head slightly. Her expression was somewhat stiff as she looked up at the bustling construction site around them. "This is a 'church.'"
"A church?" Rot froze. "Like the ones in the nearby cities?"
The woman in white looked up at the warm sunlight overhead and continued, "Yes. Have you learned about them too?"
"Only vaguely, not in any detail." Rot smiled. "You know, although Your Majesty Kaila granted us this land southwest of the kingdom to establish the new Rock City and promised us the status of a free state, there are still many wild tribes and beast hordes nearby. I have to sort all that out and organize our defenses."
"I recently investigated several cities in the south and found that their religious organizations are all called 'churches.'" The woman in white nodded slightly and looked at the building before her. "For example, the church that worships the Goddess of Beauty, the church that worships the God of Knowledge, and the church that worships the God of Order."
She looked over the structure of the church and continued, "The organizational structures of these churches are more complete and more advanced than ours. I plan to reorganize our religious organization into a church as well, and this will be the first 'church' of our faith."
"Sounds good." Rot raised his head and looked at the church before him.
A creaking sound came from the side.
Rot turned