Corey turned his head and looked at his deputy, slowly enunciating his name.
"Cornel Garrell."
Cornel was silent. There was a brief ending to the story of the Mad King: the hero who killed him, Olivier Garrell, became the new king, and his lineage has continued until now.
"It was your grandfather who brought me into the Iron Law Bureau. I still remember what he told me on my first day. He said I would dedicate myself to Gaulunaro. He asked if I had the courage to devote myself."
Corey stared at the end of the mist, at the gray sea.
"I said of course I had courage. He then asked if I had the courage to abandon my faith."
At that time, I was still young, and those words struck me like thunder. I still remember how they referred to us. They said Gaulunaro was a land favored by God, and if the Holy Evangelical Pope Kingdom was God's eldest son, then we were God's second son. I always lived with that honor, even when hungry, still worshipping the family shrine.
