It took another week before the red gem was able to return to its normal state.
During this time, I could see the way that the flame elementals looked at me.
It was clear that the ancestors hadn't kept their promise and had told the other flame elementals about what had happened. But it wasn't as if there was anything that I could do about this.
At least they didn't do anything while I was still there.
As for what they would do afterwards…I could already sense a few things.
It was weak, but I could feel the connection between me and them.
It was the same as the connection that I felt from the statue that the Holy Empire created.
There was a part of me that was surprised that the flame elementals were actually giving me faith like this. But then again, it wasn't as if they weren't beings that were capable of thought and generating faith.
What it really made me question was what were the criteria that were needed to be considered a follower of a god.
