Returning to camp and reporting to Bright, Eden then went back to his own tent, where he reached up to touch the pendant around his neck, still feeling incredulous.
"Why is this..."
Eden muttered incessantly.
He still felt that everything that took place there seemed like an illusion. How could God fall once again, and how could another become His successor? If all this was real, what was the point of the True Religion's faith?
"If all this is real, it's like believing in a God that doesn't exist."
Upon thinking this, Eden shivered, and he quickly recited scripture, begging for God's forgiveness,
"Lord, forgive me."
After he finished, a sense of calm returned to Eden's heart. At that moment, he felt how absurd his thoughts had been.
"How could God fall again? That was nothing but a collective daydream of heresy. Even this pendant is merely an illusion, not reality."
Eden thought this and firmed up his conviction once more.
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