His voice was very calm, as if stating a fact.
Such calmness was met with the Emperor's laughter.
"Martyr?
Wake up, madman, you are but a self-proclaimed martyr.
The martyrs from the age of the Disciples are remembered to this day, but you? You will only be judged as a heretic, excommunicated, and despised by the masses!"
The Emperor loudly declared, like a judge delivering a final verdict, passionately pronouncing Eden's crimes,
"Tell me, Eden, tell everyone, what makes you qualified to be a martyr, what have you done except plague the True Believers and plague the Church?!"
As his words ended, Eden stared at the Emperor. Instead of answering directly, he countered:
"What have Your Majesty done?"
The Emperor seemed to find this question hilariously foolish, he chuckled, and then slowly said:
"What have I done, you ask me what I have done?
