City Planning

Emlyn's change in mindset could not escape the others. Fors glanced at the Vampire and could not help laughing. "Mr. Moon, wait a little longer. Perhaps you'll be serving as the Archbishop of the Church of Earth soon. No, you should be the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Blood Race to the Church of Earth."

"Why?" Emlyn asked back in some confusion.

He had clearly yet to grasp the hidden implications of those changes within the Church of Evernight.

Leonard smiled and explained, "Since the Goddess of the Night no longer bears the title 'Lord of Crimson,' the Mother Goddess of Depravity will soon possess a similar Honorific Name. There's no way to hide that from the other Churches."

Emlyn finally understood. He nodded lightly, scenes flashing through his mind:

His clansmen who had once mocked him for believing in the "Mother Goddess of Depravity" would line up before him to receive his baptism.

At that thought, Emlyn became exceedingly pleased and could not help raising his chin slightly.

The discussion ended there, but the Tarot Club did not. After the others exchanged a few more words, Klein remained alone in Castle of Origin, pressing his fingers against his brow with a headache.

He did not ask about Zaratul, because he already had an overall plan for the matter: return to the Real World, prepare for the construction of the marionette city, and wait for Zaratul to come to his door.

Before that, however, Klein still needed to confirm a few things with Alice. He returned to the Real World and called out, "Alice?"

No one responded. Klein was not particularly surprised, so he switched to Hermes Language and called, "Alice!"

"Here." Alice answered.

Klein briefly marveled at the convenience of a True God before asking, "Logically speaking, Zaratul should be