"Now you believe that I am one chosen by the Lord."
Kael observed the expressions on the cardinals' faces with a kind smile. His trick had worked perfectly. Their faces showed a mixture of admiration and devotion; none of them suspected what had really happened.
What he did was, in essence, a simple magic trick.
What exactly was that magic trick?
There was nothing extraordinary or divine about it. He simply used several Tomorrow Sunflowers, water blessed with the first light of day, and other symbols representing the sun, combining them with a subtle manipulation of light magic.
With that simple mixture, he had managed to replicate, for a brief moment, the essence of the Ancient Sun God's mana. In the eyes of the cardinals, that energy was sacred, unmistakable; for them, a sign of divine blessing. But Kael knew it was nothing more than a perfectly crafted illusion.
