Loyalty could not be measured, but a girl's behavior could often offer a rough indication of her current state of mind.
Judging solely by Afanisi's performance during the maid trial, she was most likely going through a period of confusion. At times like this, a strong dose of medicine was often needed to push her attitude toward change.
That was one of the main reasons Jonas had summoned her to his office... On the surface, he had called her to account, but in reality, his aim from start to finish had simply been to put her through the wringer and make her understand her place.
Of course, approaching things from this angle gave Jonas an excellent excuse. Besides, he could obtain detailed information about that Executor as well, killing two birds with one stone.
Jonas looked at the document she had given him. It was a transcribed account of her description of the Executor. Information like this inevitably carried some subjective bias, but it did give Jonas a deeper understanding of the woman.
Yushua Delan, in Afanisi's account, was a remarkably tolerant person... Apart from being somewhat extreme in certain respects, her actions seemed less like those of a cultist and more like those of a pilgrim of noble character.
From Afanisi's perspective, their relationship had never been particularly good. Even at the end, they had merely been "potential rivals." Yet because both had displayed astonishing talent in psionic energy, their rivalry had carried a measure of mutual appreciation.
All of that had vanished when Yushua Delan abandoned the original doctrine and split the Void Realm Church.
Their relationship had also shifted from strangers to enemies.
Interestingly, however, after Yushua Delan abandoned the original doctrine, her psionic energy had grown even stronger, and the god she worshipped had gained more