Hewitt noticed Bernita's gaze on him and asked with interest:
"Is any of you a believer in the Primordial Flame?"
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads one after another.
Even Bernita, who attended a school funded by the Church of the Primordial Flame and worshipped weekly, was not a believer in Gavyn.
If the goddess is truly kind, then why hasn't she saved them?
Of course, if a priest were here, he would tell them that their previous suffering was a test from the goddess, and their current happiness is a reward for passing the test.
But they know that there are countless others like them undergoing the so-called "test," but they never find happiness.
If they die prematurely, it would be the goddess's great mercy to take them away from the world. If they spend their entire lives in agony, it is a lifelong test.
A promise that is too perfect will be more like a carefully woven lie.
