Faith and Supervision

"Your Highness, I believe we absolutely cannot allow these despicable charlatans to enter our family territory and build temples that will deceive our ignorant subjects. These self-proclaimed representatives and servants of the gods are nothing but vultures and greedy jackals chasing wealth. Wherever there is prosperity, they swarm in, using the gods' names to plunder their followers' wealth and even band together to oppose the lord's rule. Therefore, I believe we cannot let the temple envoys from Molent City build temples in our family territory, lest they become an uncontrollable force."

The person who had expressed the strongest opposition was Viscount Governor Hickd of Muye Province, who had come after receiving notice to attend the meeting on whether those temples should be allowed to preach in the Northlands. He had originally been a trainee instructor at Mopper Academy in the Imperial Capital, but later fled to Shirovas Island because of the war and became the clerk of White Bird Town. After Lorist reclaimed Shirovas Island, he naturally joined the Norton Family and rose to the position of governor through his outstanding administrative abilities.

It was common knowledge that the former Krissen Empire had once been powerful, and the several emperors of the Imperial Krison Royal Family had never shown much regard for the temples. During the reign of Krison IV, envoys from the various temples had once gone to pay their respects, hoping to obtain permission to designate an area in the Imperial Capital for temple construction. Krison IV had flatly rejected them.

Krison IV's answer had been that the empire had been founded by his ancestors with the swords in their hands, and had nothing to do with the gods. He had only heard that warriors prayed to their chosen gods for protection before battle, but had never heard