The one who had arrived was Ignati. He nodded at Nora.
"Didn't you go to the Northern Territory to rebuild the temple?" Gwen asked in surprise.
The professional Nora had mentioned was actually him.
Well... he certainly was professional enough.
"What the temple's reconstruction needs is not me, but steel, cement, and knowledge." Ignati's voice remained deep, though he seemed far more spirited than before.
Gwen was fine upon hearing this, since she had not had much contact with Ignati or the Silent Temple. Nora, however, widened her eyes in shock.
In her impression, this patriarch had always been extremely rigid and conservative. Had he actually changed?
This concerned the reconstruction of the temple, something that should have demanded the utmost caution. If it had been the old Ignati, he would certainly have answered with topics like the Holy Scripture and faith.
Nora suddenly had an absurd feeling. Isabella, the Empress of the Empire, and Ignati, the patriarch of the temple, now both agreed with Castel's ideals.
In the future, would there really still be an Empire and a temple? Would they both become another Castel?
Ideals and convictions were the hardest things to change, especially for an Empress known for her arrogance and a Burier known for being old-fashioned.
Perhaps she would get to witness something interesting in the future.
"Let's not talk about that. What exactly is going on with the ritual here?"
Nora and Gwen exchanged a glance before slowly explaining the situation to Ignati.
"So, the moment you arrived here, you saw these corpses?"
"Yes. We haven't touched the corpses and have kept them exactly as they were. The traces of Transcendence have not yet been removed either. I can only determine that this wasn't a continuous ritual, and that it pointed toward Castel."
"Pointed toward