Story 49. The Person I Love (5)
Chapter 84
The crazy prophet said to us, "You paganists… I haven't heard your opinions yet. I want to know what the outsiders think. Nadvien religion is very interesting. It insists that there is a savior… But its gospel does not take care of its own people… Did you know that?"
The mad prophet continued to chat inside the cage, and the prince seemed uninterested. He didn't even listen to the man in the cage.
Prince Camille brought me here. Wasn't his intention to show me this man? He didn't say anything special to me. He just let me sit and announced to me, "Juya, I need to go back now. If I am absent for too long, Eriez will find out that I'm gone. He comes to check on me regularly. If he asks where I have been, I can tell him I've been taking a stroll around the lake, but if he becomes interested in this area and finds the entrance to this place… I can't let that happen."
"Is Eriez a harsh teacher?"