"But before coming here, I did indeed meet the Creator you once worshipped."
"Part of him."
Lin Chuan's tone was calm. He had no intention of concealing the Betrayal Banquet or the existence of the True Creator.
He respected the devotion and perseverance Moon City had shown for three thousand seven hundred and twenty-two years in the original story, and he did not want them to change their faith in ignorance.
After all, what he was about to do would be nothing short of a miracle in the eyes of Moon City's people. Unless he made things clear, the entire city's conversion would be inevitable.
Not that other people's faith was of much use to him anyway... Hmm, did providing emotional satisfaction count?
"The Creator you mentioned," Nim asked excitedly, no longer able to spare any attention for the words "part of him," "is he... the great Sun God, the Lord that Created Everything?"
"Uh..."
Lin Chuan fell into thought.
Grisha as he was now... If someone called him the Ancient Sun God, he would be the first to disagree. But claiming he had nothing to do with the Ancient Sun God would be utter nonsense too.
Lin Chuan felt he had best avoid getting tangled up in this strange relationship that even Amon refused to acknowledge, lest he someday end up on Amon's chart of twenty-six fathers.
He shook his head and said:
"Yes and no."
Faced with the three priests' bewildered expressions, Lin Chuan explained unhurriedly:
"The Angel of Darkness was God's left hand, his representative, and the deputy ruler of Heaven. His name was Sasrir."
"Sasrir and three Kings of Angels betrayed their Lord and seized the Creator's authorities."
"From that point onward, blood, rage, corruption, and shadows began flowing across this land. A great catastrophe began,