A question had us stumped: why had the Goddess Church sealed away all pre-war literature?
Previously, I had thought this was no difficult question at all, because the Church had always given people the impression of being conspirators. They twisted history, blocked off knowledge, exposed the public to only a limited worldview, and attributed everything to the Goddess. So everything they did should have been to strengthen their own sacred authority. Even if not to reinforce their rule, it should at least have been for the purpose of eliminating threats.
But now that Viska had found the contents sealed away by the Church, things became rather strange.
Viska tossed the ancient history of war, a book bigger than a paving stone, up and down as she voiced her thoughts. "The most obvious contrast between what these forbidden books record and what the Church preaches is whether the Heavenly Kingdom Era was truly peaceful. It now seems that period in real history was the worst time this world had ever seen. Even with the Dark Moon War now, it was still better than the chaotic wars of the ancient world—there was only one Dark Moon War every few centuries, and each time it could be promptly stopped by the 'Goddess.' At other times, the Surface World at least maintained broad peace. No matter how severe conflicts between nations became, they never escalated into whole races going to war as they did in ancient times. You can also look at those mercenaries outside and think about the three Iron Knights we met during the day. They came from all races, and quite a few mercenaries weren't even natives of the Gondor Empire. Yet these people could coexist peacefully, and it looked like such coexistence had become normal. I also investigated quite a