"A god is backing them?"
Sifa asked in astonishment, "Just who is this friend of yours? How are you sure a god is backing them?"
"His name is Follett Ken. I met him on Oravi Island. I've been searching for a way to escape my family's bloodline curse."
Morse rubbed his cheek. "But as you said, this curse isn't so easy to escape. I spent years trying and still had no leads."
"I visited all sorts of organizations and contacted them-discreetly, of course-but never got anywhere. Those organizations were either frauds or outright cults, and I encountered plenty of danger and trouble because of them."
"At the time, I came to Oravi Island and heard there was a rather active sect here. Their tenets were to go without clothing, return to nature, and indulge their natural instincts. They believed humans could achieve spiritual liberation in that state."
"I didn't really expect to find a way to lift the curse through this sect. I was simply too frustrated and anxious at the time, and I needed to relieve my stress. So when I heard about a sect like that, I tried contacting them."
Sifa frowned slightly as some information flashed through his mind. "The sect you're talking about wouldn't happen to be the Naturism Sect, would it?"
Morse said in surprise, "You know about them too?"
Sifa felt an urge to cover his face. So Morse had gotten involved with the Naturism Sect. No wonder the Hanged Man had said there were suspected members of the Rose School around him.
The Naturism Sect was a branch of the Rose School, and its philosophy of indulging desires fit perfectly with the views of the Rose School's Indulgence Faction.
"At first, I only wanted to relieve some stress. But just after I contacted