In one corner of the Demon-Defending Fortress.
One section here was being used by the Holy Mother Church, and it also served as the Church's gathering point inside the fortress.
As soon as Alka arrived, he saw a statue of the Holy Mother standing before the door.
Perhaps because this was a fortress, the statue hadn't been built to be particularly magnificent; it was not much different from those in an ordinary small chapel.
Yet the aura of the Holy Mother's Holy Light still filled the place.
People clad in white and wheat-gold garments threaded with gold came and went.
"Saintess." As they passed in front of Anaphel, they all nodded slightly, greeting her politely.
Anaphel would nod in response as well.
Almost everyone moving about was a soldier; from marks on their bodies it was clear some had only just come out of battle.
Alka entered this section; the largest stone house in the center was arranged not much differently from a church.
