Lyle wasn't originally interested, but he unexpectedly learned an unknown secret.
The Gray-robed Mage's younger sister was actually the previous Earth Priestess Princess!
In addition to the famous Six-Color Scripture units, the Slane Theocracy also possessed six Priestess Princesses belonging to the Six Great Temples.
Each Priestess Princess, paired with special magic items, could perform Grand Ritual Magic, allowing them to use Tier Magic far higher than what their own Rank would allow them to master.
However, these special magic items couldn't be used by just anyone; one needed special gifts or even a "Talent" to do so.
Since the Theocracy itself mastered magic that could detect others' "Talent" abilities, searching among over fifteen million citizens for those who met the criteria wasn't very difficult.
It was an honor!
The Gray-robed Mage's sister was just such a compatible candidate, and she had initially thought the same way.
But the result—
Lyle watched the dull-eyed, controlled Gray-robed Mage and shook his head slightly.
Pie-in-the-sky favors always come with a price.
To leap from an ordinary person to a high-status Priestess Princess of one of the six great temples, how could there not be a price to pay?
If Lyle remembered correctly, in the future, Clementine would steal the "Crown of Wisdom" from the Dark Priestess Princess and defect from the Slane Theocracy.
And the Dark Priestess Princess who lost the "Crown of Wisdom" went directly insane—and by "insane," he meant truly mad.
Because the "Crown of Wisdom" could strip away the user's consciousness, turning them completely into a tool that only knew how to activate magic. The effects of the "Crown of Wisdom" for the other Priestess Princesses were likely similar.
What happened to a Priestess Princess who went insane after losing the "Crown of Wisdom"?
Or rather, what should be done with the previous Priestess Princess when a successor needed to be replaced?
It was simple; this involved one of the primary missions of the Black Scripture: to send these insane Priestess Princesses to the side of the gods.
The Gray-robed Mage naturally didn't know about the existence of the Black Scripture, nor did he know that Quin Essey was a member of that scripture.
The most important reason he sought out Quin Essey was that his sister had been taken away by Quin Essey's father back then.
"Tell me everything you know about your 'Zuranon'." Lyle fell silent for a short moment before continuing his questioning.
The Gray-robed Mage's situation was hard to judge.
When the other person first mentioned the Slane Theocracy's "human race Supremacy," the mocking tone was something Lyle couldn't quite understand at first,
But now he had some realization.
Many things look different when viewed from a collective perspective versus an individual one.
Lyle always felt that he was just an ordinary person who had gained power, but everything he had experienced during this time...
Made his view on certain matters no longer limited to the simple concepts of right and wrong, good and evil, from an ordinary person's perspective.
In his previous life, whether in novels or anime, some powerful experts always mentioned the words "adhere to one's true heart." He didn't think much of it then, but now Lyle felt the importance of those words more and more.
Especially in an environment like another world where various races and human circumstances were complex, if one became overly indulged in simple concepts like "right and wrong, good and evil," they would quickly fall into confusion.
"Our 'Zuranon' has twelve members—"
The Gray-robed Mage's emotionless voice rang out.
Lyle frowned slightly as he listened. It wasn't because he learned any incredible Information, but rather that the Information the other person knew was only slightly more than his own.
According to him, the identity of each of the twelve members was extremely mysterious. Aside from the leader, perhaps no one knew the past identities of each individual.
The only somewhat useful bit was Information about the leader of Zuranon; the Gray-robed Mage guessed that the other party likely came from the Slane Theocracy and might have even held a relatively high position within it.
"Forget it. Although the Information is limited, at least I'm not completely in the dark when facing Zuranon."
After noting this Information, Lyle signaled the Gray-robed Mage to list all the magic he had mastered.
He had already learned the classes the Gray-robed Mage possessed: the magic power system Base Class Mage, Warlock, and the holy system Priest.