"I have never encountered a blasphemer like this."
Only after the bones had burned away without leaving even ashes did Shade speak. Lady Thorn also nodded with lingering fear:
"If an ordinary person went looking for a Doctor, then his actions would not amount to much. But before a god, one must never test, deceive, or mislead them. Fortunately, the god gave him a chance to apologize. I once read a terrifying record from the Third Epoch. Someone was tricked by a Demon into blaspheming a god, and in the end, that person and the Demon together... No, I do not want to say it."
"I do not particularly want to know either. However, I have encountered something that felt similar to this skeleton, though it was even more terrifying."
"It is difficult for me to imagine what you mean. Did it blaspheme against multiple gods?"
Shade had intended to tell Lady Thorn about what the organization known as the Saint Alliance was doing. However, although Lady Thorn had no sight, that did not mean she lacked vigilance:
"No, no, do not tell me those things. Leonard Albert's matter is already testing my Mental Resistance. I do not want to hear anything more blasphemous. May every blasphemer be struck dead by divine punishment. Why are there so many madmen?"
The two walked together toward the elevator. Both wanted to return to the fire, sit down, and properly calm themselves.
Because he had used the correct entrance to the Time Corridor for this mission, it lasted a full eighty minutes. Mr. Albert's story was complicated, but Shade had not spent much time on him.
After he and Lady Thorn returned from the second floor and explained the situation to the two elderly witches, only half the mission time had passed. The