"Is it just me, or do other people too..."
"Almost everyone. In fact, before you came, I asked a great many people. Whether they were from Castel, Blood Port, Tis, or the Empire, their perceptions had all shifted."
"And not just ordinary people. Even Transcendents like you haven't been spared. The Banshees are almost the only exception."
Chloe trembled slightly. She wanted badly to refute him. Even now, her mind still held an utterly firm understanding, without the slightest change—but she knew Theus would not lie to her.
"Unbelievable... This is truly unbelievable..."
"I have a few additional theories about this. Wait a moment."
"Wait for what?" Before Chloe could voice her confusion, there came a knock at the door. Nini entered the room with a timid-looking Little Bu.
"Little Bu?!"
"That's right, Little Bu. Chloe, tell her the process of making Moon Candles again."
"...All right."
Chloe had only gotten halfway through before gradually falling silent.
Little Bu's face was already filled with terror. The result spoke for itself.
This time, Chloe fell completely silent.
"I thought Little Bu and the others had been affected cognitively. But I'm the same?"
Theus frowned in thought for a while before suddenly asking, "Little Bu, what do you think of [gods]?"
"[Gods]? They should be very powerful beings, right? Omnipotent and stuff."
Before Little Bu had even finished speaking, everyone in the room inhaled sharply. She immediately shrank back a little. "D-Did I say something wrong? I'm sorry!"
"No, you didn't say anything wrong. It's just..." Theus shook his head.
This world had no accurate understanding of [gods]. Whether it was the Candlelight Society, the Silent Temple, or the other major Churches, none of them possessed the concept of [gods].
All Churches, no matter how vastly they differed, believed in some sort