The June sun grew warmer and more fervent with each passing day.
Three days had elapsed since the Church's spectacular failure in the public's prosecution, and two days since the Flame Demon apparition that had awakened many.
While the tavern patrons still mentioned the lucky Rose Association's Holy Judgment when merry with drink and argued whether the Flame Demon in the night sky was reality or illusion, and whether it was the Duke, the Great Priest, or someone else who extinguished it with a radiant light...
But regardless, what was done was done, and Bold City quickly returned to its usual tranquility.
Such was the world of Mireya.
The existence of Transcendent powers was no secret; though astonished by various apparitions and great forces, people's capacity for acceptance, especially in a large city like Bold with the presence of the "Blazing Sun" Third Tier, was always strong.
