"You used Secret Blood to beguile the King, didn't you? He's been on his sickbed for far too long, so long that he fears death immensely. Even if it were the Devil's gift, he'd accept it without hesitation."
Lawrence neither admitted nor denied it.
"You wouldn't want to know the true nature of this power."
"I've never thought about understanding it; all I need to know is that it's a useful enough tool."
Corey continued.
"Steam technology keeps advancing. For the first time in a thousand-year history, science has defeated religion. The Evangelical Church is split, suffering heavy blows, unable to concern itself with us. The Orthodoxy has the support of the Iron Law Bureau and the Royal Family, and you have created a Choir with Secret Blood technology..."
His voice carried the rumbling sound of thunder, and in a trance, it overlapped with the reading voice of the Priest below, as if he were reciting divine words.
