The next day came, and Myrla continued to pester me for an answer even throughout our classes. She wanted to know what Sonia had told me— but I couldn’t just tell the young girl the truth, could I?Well, maybe I could, I considered the idea for a moment. But she has to give me a reason to trust her first, before I’ll freely give up that information.While Myrla was my friend, she was also the daughter of a noble family in the Sanctus Empire. Her opinion of death magic and anything related to it would very likely be… skewed. Especially since she was so young, too. So she would less likely have as much of an open mind as someone like Sonia who was not only older, but also a commoner. Even if the black-haired girl came from a renowned and rich family, she would still have less connections to the Church of Life growing up than someone who was from a noble family who would be raised to work within Lux from a young age.Of course, most commoners were less educated than most nobles— this made them more susceptible to the Church of Life’s propaganda as well. But that was only in areas where there were temples with a strong influence over the local community.Sonia grew up here in Albus, but she was also probably insulated from the Church of Life’s influence by coming from a rich family that did not have the same obligations and connections as noble families did. That was probably why she was not so bothered by the idea of stealing some Artifacts of Death to get what she wanted.This was in addition to (...)