Judy had completed her ritual half a year ago, during the war, pushing open the door between humans and gods and becoming a Demigod of the Planter Pathway.
The reason the surname Castiya had been added to her name was that Abner had previously needed Diligent Castiya to unseal the Book of Virtues.
--Miss Sloth had gone to considerable trouble and called in many favors to give Judy a Feynapotter Royal Family surname that would be widely recognized. There was certainly no reason to change it back now.
After exchanging pleasantries with Emlyn, Judy solemnly explained to him the Earth Mother Goddess Church's Grace Bearer and Blessed systems. She warned him that, as a Grace Bearer, he mustn't blindly believe any Oracle he received. He had to immediately seek confirmation from Bishop Utravsky.
Grace Bearers and the Blessed...
Why were the Blessed less susceptible to the temptations of evil gods and Demons?
Why could they distinguish true Oracles from false ones, while Grace Bearers couldn't?
As his thoughts raced, Emlyn suddenly noticed a detail:
None of the Blessed belonged to either the Earth or Moon Pathways!
So the problem isn't with Grace Bearers, but with the two Pathways themselves? Emlyn vaguely felt that this guess might be the truth. He decided to ask the World, the Tower, and the Hanged Man about it at the next Tarot Club gathering...
Seeing that he had no further questions, Judy nodded lightly and smiled as she brought up another matter:
"The Pontiff hopes you can form an extraordinary team in Backlund. From now on, we'll be responsible for extraordinary cases in Bridge South Borough.
"This will be quite beneficial to our missionary work in Loen. However, you must remember that we have to exercise sufficient restraint here. We can't engage in large-scale proselytizing..."