Guests Enter

Zoe and Gaia entered the banquet hall side by side.

Though they walked together, they were dressed entirely differently. Zoe wore a long gown, her appearance leaning more toward that of a noble young lady—indeed, when it came to aristocratic bearing, even Theus could not compare to her.

Theus was merely a transmigrator, while Zoe had truly interacted with quite a few noble young ladies during her time as a maid in the ducal residence.

On top of that, she spent all day immersed in novels and had secretly practiced in front of a mirror many times...

Gaia beside her, meanwhile, was dressed far more plainly. She wore the priestly robes of Empire Truth.

Zoe was a civil official stationed by Castel in Blood Port, while Gaia was a technical priest of Empire Truth. They did not belong to the same system.

Castel's priestly robes did not look particularly eye-catching and had few decorations, but they had one notable feature: they were bulletproof...

After all, Castel's technical priests could not escape dangerous experiments in their daily work. War priests who came from the Faithguard Army needed such protection even more, since they had to go to the front lines.

In fact, Gaia's priestly outfit also came with a protective helmet and gas mask. She simply had not worn them this time...

Several mechanical clerics covered in cybernetic limbs guided the two of them into the banquet hall.

Though it was called a banquet hall, it was actually a vast church within the Mechanical Cathedral, its walls entirely covered in dense pipes and mechanical structures.

Gaia merely glanced at it before looking away. The operation of the Mechanical Cathedral's machinery was often far too bizarre, so spending time studying it had little meaning.

Zoe glanced at the mechanical clerics. She and