Permanent Madness

It was just an evil god. Beatrice had seen one before.

The Candlelight Society was an orthodox Church; it had suppressed no fewer than eight hundred, if not a thousand, evil gods. Beatrice had only suffered because she was young. Any slightly more experienced [Investigator] had seen an evil god several times, hadn't they?

Not to mention that Moth Chasing Flame loved summoning that Moth Lord every few days to deal with Pollution. Who in the Holy See hadn't handled it a few times?

Though for some reason, they had stopped summoning it these past two years.

After all, the Candlelight Society sealed away far more than forbidden knowledge. There were plenty of all kinds of evil objects as well.

Therefore, Beatrice was not flustered at all. Instead, she reassured the other two. "Don't worry. I've seen this kind of thing in the Holy See. I definitely won't be scared."

"The Holy See? Mm, if it's an orthodox Church like the Candlelight Society, then that's possible, I suppose?" Zoe glanced at Gaia.

Gaia shrugged. "I don't know either. I may be from Moth Chasing Flame, but most of what I learned was related to research and development. My Transcendence knowledge is about the same as yours."

Beatrice's eyes lit up at that. Though she was only the Pope in name, she had indeed been properly trained by the Candlelight Society. On top of that, during her house arrest, she had spent every day buried in the library. She truly knew quite a lot about this sort of thing.

"Since you don't know much about evil gods, let me explain. Existences like evil gods only sound frightening. Their main danger is that contact with them can easily erode and Pollute you. In terms of actual combat ability, they're not that strong."