From the beginning, it wasn’t a question thrown with debate in mind. Naturally, there was no deep thought, and no answer to present for such a difficult question.
Perhaps Leto would know.
The Saint didn’t particularly fault my words spoken in irritation.
He merely wore a faint smile.
“You’re afraid because you don’t know? What the Lord’s will is, whether the Lord truly watches over us.”
“Of course, that’s…….”
“Why deny God?”
The Saint threw a puzzling question and slowly sat down in place.
His sky-blue eyes captured the shadow of the fire soaring high into the sky. I naturally recalled the Saintess.
The Saintess denied God.
And Senior Sien’s words came to mind too. That the reason priests get particularly excited when denying God is due to the anxiety that God might not exist.
Without much deliberation, I uttered a similar answer.
“Because, God might not exist…….”
“Because they hope God exists.”
My eyes subtly turned toward the Saint. He silently gestured behind…