"May I ask whether Professor Danist ever mentioned to you that the Cult's previous bishop—the lady who wrote the 'Moonlight Sonata'—had discovered that we were actually a branch of the ancient Moon God Cult?"
Fisher asked Shade this by the fireplace, and Shade nodded.
"Yes, the professor mentioned it to me. When I encountered the Crescent Moon Secret Society in Vesta Woodland last year, I even mentioned you ladies to them."
"In 1854, Professor Danist discussed this matter with us. After she left with the materials, we sorted through the ancient texts and notes left by our predecessors that had accumulated within the Cult, and then we found this."
The middle-aged Sorceress took a document pouch from the young girl behind her and handed it to Shade. As Shade opened it to examine the contents, Flora also glanced at it and discovered that it was the score for a suite, but not merely a musical score.
"This is a hymn?"
Artist Miss asked in mild surprise, and Fisher nodded.
"Yes, and not the ordinary sort of hymn performed by choirs in today's Orthodox Churches. The predecessor who left behind this score copied it from a stone tablet in some ancient ruin and believed it to be a sacrificial song played by believers of the ancient Moon God sect during moon worship."
Hymns came in many varieties. Different music was used for prayers, sacrifices, blessings, and other occasions, and the Church maintained very strict distinctions between them.
"Based on an analysis of its melody, this piece was generally performed at the end of major sacrificial rites, when the night was about to end, to express the meaning that 'The Falling Moon will surely rise again on the second night.'
"I once organized the Cult's musicians to perform it, but the process