Hughberlian looked at Deria, the prison warden, in confusion, but she did not hesitate or resist. Holding Poet of Great Love by the hand, she followed her to the spacious desk in the Great Hall.
Antanas still looked absent-minded, while Sinora followed quietly, maintaining perfect etiquette.
"..."
Standing across from the desk, Hughberlian noticed the scepter lying on the floor. It made Deria, the prison warden, look suspiciously like a priestess.
Before taking up their posts at Helrom Prison, the three wardens of its inner levels had been elite members of the Protos Empire's magical special-operations forces. They had also been outstanding graduates of Protos Royal Magic Academy many years ago. If the first two levels were occupied by battle mages, then it made sense for this level to be guarded by a healer.
"I worship the Wind God. There aren't that many restrictions."
Deria seemed to have noticed Hughberlian's confusion. She lit a cigarette and began explaining her faith.
"I understand."
Hughberlian merely nodded and said no more.
They were both religious officials, but that did not mean they worshiped the same god.
Besides the Goddess of Fate Church and the Rebirth Church, there were many churches devoted to other gods. They were simply nowhere near as large as those two ancient churches.
However, for all churches, divine arts originated from scriptures passed down from the Age of Gods. Even though the world had been destroyed several times, the traces of the Genesis Records still could not be erased.
The Genesis Records contained thirty-three chapters. The first was the Chapter of Origin and Emptiness, while the final chapter was the Chapter of Fate and Reincarnation. Neither of those two chapters contained any divine arts, while the other thirty-one chapters all recorded divine arts that could be deciphered.
The difference