After reaching an agreement with Maso, the leader of the Sewing Gang, Joshua arrived in the Exploration Society's territory.
It was already late at night. Ciri and Tylinn had each brought a small stool and sat in Joshua's study.
Tonight was an... exhilarating moment for Lloydel. The religious organization that worshipped her was finally about to be officially established!
The orange cat crouched in an inconspicuous corner of the Exploration Society's base, looking down at its members below.
The entire Exploration Society had seventy-three members. Half were Lizardmen, while the other half were ordinary humans. These humans had mysterious symbols painted across their cheeks and foreheads.
Just from the look of it... Joshua guessed that the Exploration Society's members were all idealists of some sort?
The elderly lizard, an elder of the Exploration Society, spoke before the seventy-three members about what he had witnessed today.
"Everyone, today I heard a revelation from the gods!" The lizard elder stood before the crowd and spoke fervently. "The God of Order, Lloydel, has finally heard our prayers of many years. She has attached herself to a creature known as an orange, short-legged four-legged beast and decided to save us from this filthy world."
"Why not just say cat?" Joshua could not help commenting as he listened to the lizard elder's introduction.
"Maybe a longer title makes it sound more impressive? And if the thing they worship is an orange cat... why not call the religion the Great Kitty Cult? Or the Orange Cat Cult?"
Ciri was holding a bucket of popcorn as she watched the scene. Having spent so many years around Joshua, she viewed religious ceremonies and faith in gods as entertaining performances, just like he did.
"I'm not a cat!"
However, Ciri had forgotten that Lloydel, the actual God of Order,