After the screening of "Leon: The Professional" ended, Joshua took Lloydel back to the Magic Mechanical Vehicle.
"Was what the temple showed its believers... the experiences of that girl named Mathilda when she was still a mortal?"
After Lloydel sat in the passenger seat, she fell into thought. Throughout the film, she had been considering how Joshua had gathered so many believers.
To the point that she had viewed the entire film through an extremely rational lens.
"That was just acting. The story wasn't real. The actress playing Mathilda is named Galolie, and she's the host of the Blackwood Elf World Tree," Joshua said.
"Acting? It wasn't real... Isn't that deceiving the believers?" Lloydel simply could not change her way of thinking.
With a slight headache, Joshua stopped what he was doing and turned to look at the goddess still deep in thought.
"I'll ask you directly. What did you think after watching the film?" Joshua asked.
"The film? Those images? What I thought... was that mortals are still too fragile."
Lloydel once again gave an answer that Joshua had no idea how to respond to.
"What else? Didn't you find Mathilda and Léon's time together interesting? And when Léon died, didn't you feel sad?"
Joshua picked out a few of the more memorable parts of "Leon: The Professional."
"I will not be moved by human emotions," Lloydel told Joshua in all seriousness.
Unfortunately, she was truly terrible at lying. When Joshua looked into her dark gray eyes, she guiltily shifted her gaze away.
Lloydel's skin was so pale that it held little color, so Joshua could clearly see the traces around her eyes from where she had cried.
"If I told you there would be a second and third performance like this, would you want to keep watching?" Joshua