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"Get up!!"
A deafening shout suddenly exploded beside Traynor's ear. His brain took half a second to identify the voice's owner, and then he leisurely folded his pillow over to cover his ears and face.
"Get up, get up."
Richard reached out to wrestle the blanket away from him. "Something huge happened!"
Eyes closed, he tightened his grip on the blanket. "...What happened? Did the Northern Continent invade..."
"A lot happened. Which one do you want to hear first?" Richard held on to his blanket and waited several dozen seconds. When he fell silent again, Richard raised his voice. "The True Creator became a True God!! You're legitimate now!! My friend!!"
Traynor's eyes snapped open.
He sounded incredulous. "I ran away from an Orthodox Church, and now the Iron and Blood Cross Order has become legitimate? Doesn't that mean I might as well not have run?"
"Now that you mention it, that reminds me. You donated to quite a few churches of the Eternal Blazing Sun before, didn't you? Can you get that money back?"
The Hunter froze. "The Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun? What does this have to do with the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun?"
"Oh." Richard hurriedly supplied an explanation. "The True Creator replaced the Eternal Blazing Sun as a True God of Intis."
For a full half minute, Traynor could not recover. He glanced at the calendar by his bed in confusion.
"...Forget those impractical ideas. Get me a glass of cold water."
Traynor let go of the pillow and reluctantly sat up. Watching Richard make himself at home, operating the appliances to toast bread for himself and spread it with cream and butter, he reached for the coat beside his bed.
"Speaking of which, now that the Aurora Order is legitimate, and