Aiwass immediately understood the meaning of Pure White.
The way things are done in the Holy Nation is essentially "Give me some face, and let's call it even."
——In essence, it's all about who has the bigger clout.
Put nicely, it's called a "sectarian state"; put bluntly, it's a gangster state.
This is probably why the problems with Cardinal Loki's side were difficult to deal with before, but now they're much easier to handle.
It's because Loki is already dead.
As the leader of the Controlled Flame, he was not only one of the Ring leaders recognized by the Candle Master, but he was also essentially the idol of all "commoner elves" in the Holy Nation — or more accurately, those elves whose parents couldn't provide a legacy.
In the Holy Nation, lineage and wealth don't matter as much as "influence." And normally, this kind of influence is inheritable, like being "somebody's son," "somebody's daughter," or "somebody's student"...
