Everything stopped. Not literally, of course. But everyone stopped moving as soon as they noticed Riley moving closer to one of the holes. The people who were already in his religion and wanted to try the trials all backed away from the tower, all so they could witness the greatness of their lord.
Elizabeth, who was now left all alone because Karina and Angela just suddenly left, was free to do anything she wanted ā and what she wanted was to quickly rush over to Riley and once again kneel beside him, stretching her arm and gesturing to him to go ahead and put his arm inside the hole.
"Hm," Riley nodded in approval toward Elizabeth's theatrics. As expected of the woman who anointed herself to be the Cardinal as soon as she joined the religion, "We will talk about your promotion when I get back, Cardinal."
"Pā¦ Promotion!?" Elizabeth was flustered but immediately once again bowed her head down, "Iā¦ I deserve no such thing, I only wanted to serve you."
