At those words, Ophiel's pupils visibly widened, and her face turned deathly pale almost instantly.
She looked up at once for confirmation, her breathing quickening as she dropped to one knee.
"That's impossible... there must be some mistake! I am a Divine Attendant personally appointed by Her Majesty the Valkyrie, and the Archbishop of the Church in Clockwork City! I swear to heaven! There is absolutely no corruption among us. If I have truly strayed from the teachings our mistress left behind, I will take my own life before the Great Sun!"
Lin En glanced sideways at her and said:
"You can prove your own loyalty, but how can you guarantee that everyone in the Church is like you?"
"In those corners you cannot see, behind all that power and profit, how many unspeakable dealings are taking place? How many people have long since become filthy scoundrels, conducting their depraved transactions in the Valkyrie's name? Can you really guarantee it?"
Her face grew even paler. Clearly, Lin En's words had shaken her convictions.
There was no doubt.
She could not guarantee it. Just as Lin En had said, after a thousand years of growth, their Church had spread across almost the entire Seven Nights World. Its scale was nothing like what it had been back then.
With an organization that enormous, even if plenty of rotten elements had already infiltrated it, she probably would never discover them.
Especially when everyone wore a cloak of righteousness.
"I... I..."
She lowered her head, her eyes filled with conflict.
"I don't know..."
[Ding! Ophiel has fallen into confusion because of you. Emotional fragments +30]
Lin En (★ᴗ★)y
Heh~
Stumped her, didn't I?
Of course!
*What organization doesn't deteriorate over time? What faction can remain pure and spotless after its first few