Because that's what the Church says, and that's what the King says as well.
But at this moment, the King's words seem not to be the truth.
"Look at these documents." The King trembled as he pulled out a stack of papers from his body. "The plague actually began the day the Divine Oracle appeared—it has already spread rapidly to every person in Violet, including you and me, and even the other countries. Nothing happens in the first three days, but on the third day, you start to feel weak, to tremble, then to cough blood and fall into a coma. On the fifth day, death..."
Aivlette stared blankly at her father's trembling hand, and the documents clutched tightly in that hand.
She had already guessed the truth.
"That's right, it's already begun for me." The King let out a self-mocking laugh, suddenly raising the papers high and casting them forward, heavily. "This—is Divine Punishment!"
