"It seems God's Right Seat is a group working to obtain victory over 'original sin'."
Lidvia Lorenzetti's voice rang out in the small interrogation room in the Tower of London.
Stiyl's and Agnese's eyebrows rose slightly at that. There was no term known better to believers in the Christian Church than original sin.
"You mean the 'sin' Adam and Eve received upon eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge? The 'sin' that was passed on to all of humanity as we are their descendants?"
"Yes, that much is in the Old Testament."
Lidvia took over the conversation and continued.
"And in the New Testament, the Son of God played the role that eliminated that 'sin'. He was crucified on the cross, so that he could inherit the sins of all humanity and eliminate it himself. Because of this, if we pray to the cross, eat the flesh and blood of God at Mass, and keep our faith right to the very end, our 'sin' will be washed away at the 'Final Judgment' and we will be led to the 'Holy Kingdom'."
"By the way," Lidvia said.
"...There is an exception to this."
"An exception?"
Agnese asked this question without thinking as she recorded everything on the parchment.
Stiyl glared at Agnese, but let the conversation continue.
"There is someone who did not have the 'sin' that should have been given to all of humanity."
From that Stiyl was able to figure out who she was talking about.
"The Virgin Mary."
Biagio who was bound to the chair next to Lidvia clicked his tongue.
Stiyl continued on regardless.
"As the woman who gave birth to the Son of God, the Virgin Mary's sin disappeared because she was deeply touched by the Holy Spirit. It's known as the 'Immaculate Conception'. In other words, the Virgin Mary has no 'original sin'. As all of humanity is descended from Adam and Eve, they bear 'original sin' and pass it on to their own children."
"And so there is an exception."
That was Lidvia's simple response.
"In the New Testament, it was because there was no way to eliminate 'original sin' other than having the Son of God take it onto himself that he took the path to execution. If you take that as a basis and add in the fact that the Virgin Mary's 'sin' had disappeared, I feel the answer becomes obvious."
"You're saying there's a method to eliminating 'original sin' other than through faith in the Son of God?"
"Through a spell that could be considered cheating, yes. I have heard that God's Right Seat has succeeded in diluting their 'sin' as much as possible, but they have not managed to eliminate it altogether."
Lidvia was bound to her seat, but she spoke as calmly as if she was in complete control.
"But because they have incompletely eliminated their 'sin', they can carry out spells of a level surpassing what normal people can. It is said that they can even use the normally unusable spells that deal with the angels and the Lord."
"...Well, I suppose eliminating 'original sin' really is the final goal of humanity. And if you could manage it, your 'quality' as a human would approach that of an angel. But..."
"Yes. 'Sin' in this case also means the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. If you lose that, you also lose the ability to be a normal magician and use the magic that is for humans to use."
Stiyl exhaled slightly.
The elimination of "original sin".
It wasn't too hard to imagine that the depths of the Roman Catholic Church would be holding a bomb like that. Having one's "original sin" eliminated via faith in the Christian Church and being led to the "Holy Kingdom" made by God after going through the "Final Judgment" was treated as true happiness. It was just like the Roman Catholic Church to be constantly researching a secret ceremony that would eliminate "original sin".
After thinking through all that, Stiyl asked Lidvia a question.
"So the final goal of God's Right Seat is to completely eliminate the remaining 'sin' from their bodies?"
If they succeeded in that, God's Right Seat would truly be able to freely use the spells of the angels. And once they could do that it was possible that not even a saint would be able to stop them.
"Hee hee."
"That's not it?"
"No. Eliminating their 'sin' is just a means to an end for God's Right Seat. Their final goal is something else entirely."
"...Eliminating 'original sin' is quite a feat. And that's merely a means to an end?"
(Then what could their true goal be?)
Lidvia suppressed laughter and continued speaking.
"They have been announcing their goal loudly from the very beginning."
"What?"
"God's Right Seat. That is what they are after."