——Believers.
Maria couldn't help but frown at such a sacrilegious choice of words.
Annan was merely a mortal now.
To worship Annan sounded like he was one of those Wizard idols who deceived the ignorant masses into believing in them…
But Kafney explained solemnly,
"I have sworn to become an adult believer, following the Doctrine of the Heavenly Chariot. Though His Majesty Annan has not yet collected all the Pages of Truth or completed his sublimation… no one has decreed that one must complete all the sublimation rituals to be worshipped by others, right?"
In Kafney's eyes, there was an unwavering purity of purpose.
She did not seek the Divine Arts endowed by Annan, nor was it because Annan had performed any miracles before her. It wasn't because she had received some sort of propaganda or owed him a favor.
It was when she met Annan for the second time in Frostwater Harbor.
Her increasingly refined spiritual vision had allowed her to see Annan's true nature—
