The sycophantic mirror-Arrodes!
But it was a Sealed Artifact belonging to the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery. Two hundred years later, it would be held by members of the Backlund branch church's Machinery Hivemind, so where would it be now?
And how could I safely make contact with it?
Aside from Arrodes...
That only leaves those few true gods who seemed to express "goodwill" toward me in the future. But even if their goodwill in the future was genuine, would they still feel that way toward me after I traveled two hundred years into the past?
Edward dared not gamble on it.
Most importantly, he had finally managed to disappear from under those scheming bastards'-the gods'-noses and leave their chessboard. Wouldn't going to them of his own accord be asking for it?
He lowered his head and thought for another moment. A small, silvery-white cross appeared in his hand.
The Russian Priest had given it to him before his "death." Having it was equivalent to being a member of the Twilight Hermit Order. Whenever the Twilight Hermit Order held a gathering, he could use it to project his spirit body into the Corpse Cathedral to attend.
At the time, the Russian Priest had said, "It can exist."
Edward had wondered what "can exist" meant.
Now it seemed that although the Twilight Hermit Order might no longer exist in the future, it certainly existed in the past!
So what Adam meant back then was for me to attend the Twilight Hermit Order's gatherings in the past?
*In that case, I received the cross from the Russian Priest in the future, used it to attend the Twilight Hermit Order's gatherings in the past, and then met the Russian Priest, leading him to decide to give me the cross in