Negary thus remained in hiding for several days. During daytime, other than the maid Lunchances who came to deliver daily necessities, nobody else came to visit, and there was a shower room attached in his room as well.
Daytime was the period when most people were actively working, Negary was able to observe quite a few people from the narrow view of his room's window, so this town probably had quite a bit of population.
But every night, everyone would hide into their homes without fail, even if they had the light turned on, they would quickly shut it off.
As he collected more and more information, Negary slowly had an initial grasp on this world.
This area surrounded by a river moat was a city town called Lohr, the inner city district took up most of its area and had a population of over 10,000 people.
When night fell, monsters would be born from some of the secluded corners of the city, the 'blood of evil' that existed within the body of some people being the main reason why monsters appeared.
At night, the moon would hang high up in the sky, which led the moonlight to be considered evil and malicious. Every month, the only day when the moon does not rise was called the Spirit Cleansing day, at which point nighttime would be relatively safe and everyone could leave their houses to participate in a night banquet.
At night, the 'Owls' would move in the darkness to kill those monsters. People say that they were hunters working for the Sun Shadow church, but despite knowing that, most people weren't willing to come into contact with them too closely.
The undertakers who collected the corpses during daytime were also people of the Sun Shadow church.
For people of this town, the biggest scandal possible was an individual from a family turning into a monster. The family members of those who had the blood of evil flowing through their bodies would become the laughing stock of the entire town, their status would also fall without hopes of ever climbing back up.
Their work, schooling, engagements, and even marriages would run into invisible obstacles, everyone would hold prejudice against the family with the blood of evil, the very fact that a monster had come from their family would become nothing less than the greatest sin they had ever committed.
For example, the Delphi family from a few days ago, because their eldest son's naked body appeared on the streets that morning, the Delphi family's second daughter's originally smooth engagement was suddenly cut off, her marriage became nonexistent, and she was branded with a reputation of being 'impure'.
It was no wonder that Farnate had locked up his daughter Chloe, whose body Negary was now inhabiting, on the second floor of his house, even when he had resorted to bloodletting to hamper her sickness, he still insisted on never letting her go out.
The full name of this body that Negary was inhabiting was Chloe Farnate, eldest daughter of the Farnate family. Other than herself, the other people in this family were the family head Morey Farnate – the bald middle-aged man, as well as Chromie Farnate – Chloe's younger brother.
These were the only three official members of the Farnate family, other than them, there were only the maid Lunchances, the butler Brosius, and some gardeners who weren't live-in workers.
The only people who knew about Chloe's situation were the family head, the maid, and the butler.
Her younger brother Chromie Farnate was currently staying in boarding school and would only return home each month on Spirit Cleansing day.
And the Spirit Cleansing day occurred on the 9th of each month. The entire town of Lohr's faith laid with the Sun Shadow church, who worshipped the Lord of the Sun – the Eternal Heat.
Each month, the Sun Shadow church would host the Spirit Cleansing ceremony to receive the radiance of their God. The name Sun Shadow church also originated from this, as they believed that humans to be 'the Dimmed', which are shadowy existences; only by receiving the radiance of light would they be graced with salvation.
This time would also be a rare occasion where Chloe was allowed to be free, participating in the ball to prove that the eldest daughter of the Farnate family was still a normal person.
And today was Spirit Cleansing day, although to be exact, it would actually be the morning of the following day. After an entire night of indulging in revelry, they would watch the sunrise and receive the light of dawn.
For this night only, no monsters would appear in the entire city, according to the words of the Sun Shadow church, those wicked entities were fearful of God's light.
Naturally, Lohr had religions other than the Sun Shadow church, but they weren't the mainstream so their only believers were outsiders who migrated here. If these religions and faiths didn't worship a Righteous God, they could even be condemned by the Sun Shadow church.
At the same time, the Sun Shadow church refuses to mention a single word about who the other Righteous Gods were. They didn't care about people worshipping other Righteous Gods, but they would never help spread their names, the only thing that the Sun Shadow church would publicly announce and condemn would be the name of evil Gods.
Among them, the most prolific organization was the Soundless Cult, which had been publicly outed by the Sun Shadow church as worshippers of an evil God numerous times. The main reason why Lohr's rate of incident was so much higher than other areas was also due to the existence of the Soundless Cult.
"Wear the ring tonight, do not express any abnormalities, for Chromie's sake" as the door was unlocked, Farnate came in to say the second thing he had ever said to Negary ever since he arrived in this world, put a small box on the table and swiftly left.
Lunchances also came in with a formal dress and helped Negary into the light blue article of clothing.
There was finally some semblance of liveliness on the streets of this city town. There was only a single night like this for an entire month, while the rest of the time they needed to hole up in their houses and listen to the howls and cries of monsters, so there were quite a few ready to let themselves completely loose for this night.
As Negary got onto the horse carriage, the one who sat next to him was Chromie who had just arrived home that afternoon. Apparently, he was very close with his elder sister.
Negary was currently wearing a silver ring, the top of which was engraved with a small emerald while a thin line of text was engraved on the inside of the ring.
The text wasn't written in this world's common language, but Negary was able to read it without issues.
[May the moon be with you!]
Negary recalled the engraving on the ring, the prayers of which were completely incompatible with the worship of the Sun present with the Sun Shadow church.
After wearing the ring, Negary clearly sensed some sort of power flowing from the ring into this body, which made it undergo some sort of change, making it more… natural.
〖 Sure enough, the Farnate family is somehow related to the worship of the moon, that's why they have this ring 〗
Negary began to ponder. Society as a whole currently regarded the moon as an ominous presence, and it truly did bring about omens.
〖 The system of Gods had undergone a change, and so did the species 〗
Negary narrowed his eyes in thought. Tonight would be a fine opportunity to leave this body and hand it over to Lan Shan. After all, being restrained inside this body would make it impossible for him to obtain more information.
It wasn't a good idea to arbitrarily cause a scene with the Farnate family, nor consuming Chloe's body to create a viral body. Not only would that easily draw the attention of the Sun Shadow church, it would also cut off the only clue that the will of the world gave him. In addition, he didn't intend for Lan Shan to lose her [Origin] so quickly.
〖 From the Owls, I can see that the Sun Shadow church does in fact wield supernatural power. They are a church who has a so-called 'God' on their side 〗Negary's eyes shifted slightly, as he needed a suitable chance for his goal.
In his current state, if he was discovered by the Sun Shadow church, there was a real possibility of him going under.
The horse carriage soon reached its destination. The formally-dressed Chromie was young, but he was already quite a gentleman, his neatly-combed brown hair would easily conquer the hearts of any woman. He went down the carriage first and offered his hand to Negary, who took it to disembark from the vehicle, his eyes observing the current situation of the ball.
