There was no denying it: time really did a number on things.
For most people in this era, Francis was practically the place where the Holy Lord Church flourished most, and the City of Flowers had become its very heart. So much so that many people instinctively assumed the Holy Lord Church had actually started in the City of Flowers.
But in fact, just as the Empire had moved its capital several times over the past thousand years, the Holy Lord Church had relocated its headquarters many times as well.
That was why Li Wei had been quite surprised to learn that the Holy Lord Church had originally been founded in Cront.
After all, Cront was now one of the regions that paid the least attention to the Holy Lord Church, yet it had actually been the church's birthplace? He wondered what that priest from back then would think if he knew.
"I think we need to figure out exactly what the Holy Lord Church is doing first."
At that thought, Li Wei finally sorted out his own thinking.
"All that faith couldn't have disappeared for no reason. Since the gods haven't received it, it must have gone somewhere else. If we can figure out the Holy Lord Church's plan, we'll be able to respond accordingly."
This was the decision Li Wei had reached. If he had previously had no idea how to persuade the Holy Maiden to abandon her plan, then now, with enough information in hand, he finally knew what to do. Of course, that did not mean he would let the City of Flowers off the hook. As he had said, they needed to figure out what the Holy Lord Church was up to.
Once they knew what the church was doing, if the situation truly was