Honestly, the Holy Nation's idea was clever—disturbingly so.

It was clear they thought of human lives the same way one might think of machine parts, but wasn’t that the nature of this world? Besides, in settings like this, religious zealots often turn out to be the most inhuman of all.

Of course, the religion of this world wasn’t so dominant as to rule the entire world, nor were they in any position to hold inquisitions in foreign countries when they were barely avoiding being judged themselves. Still, the signature fanaticism of “only the Goddess matters” subculture characters was too good …