"I've heard of this Roland.
He seems to be a rising star in the world of Arcana!"
At Archbishop Pana's inquiry, someone immediately leaned close to his ear and gave him a detailed account of all the information available.
But just then, someone said, "Archbishop, this man's ideas are extremely dangerous. He is no friend outside the Church who reveres the gods and respects our faith!"
"Bishop Meihard, why do you say that?" Archbishop Pana asked.
The man who had spoken stepped forward.
He was a middle-aged man of about forty, with neatly cropped hair and a traditional white clerical robe patterned in red. His bearing was composed.
He said solemnly, "Have you read his Romance of Seris? This man shows disrespect toward the gods in the myths and legends he compiles!"
"You mean stories like Yu the Great taming the floods and Hou Yi shooting down the suns?" Archbishop Pana asked.
"Precisely," Meihard declared emphatically. "Since ancient times, the gods have governed the world, and all mortals have submitted to them. Yet the Seris people he invented actually regard the golden crows that radiate light and heat as enemies and shoot them dead!
This is slander against our Lord!"
Archbishop Pana was left speechless for a moment. Only after a long pause did he say, "You're reading too much into it."
Meihard said earnestly, "Everyone knows that our Lord, the Lord of Radiance, is also called the God of Light and often manifests as the sun. That is why his holy emblem depicts a sun radiating light and heat.
One cannot help suspecting that this is a veiled reference..."
An uproar broke out, and everyone began discussing it among themselves.
In fact, this had already become a matter of controversy.
Ever since Roland had risen to fame, various parties