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Even if this is real, you have no reason to worry about what Farnese does or does not do. Your team has handled themselves spectacularly, and you will not retract your trust on the first sign of danger.
"YER FULL OF IT, PRIEST!" Hyde shouts from the top of his lungs, banging his fist at the rooftop walls as he orders him to let go of Schierke and Farnese.
"When has the Pontiff or the supreme court of Vritannis ever tell ya to let yer people die? When the nobles who ruled this village abandoned y'all, can ya really say it with a straight face that God intended to test y'all with a trial impossible to pass?"
"This is what believing in God is all about! To persevere and have faith when all hope seems lost!"
"Did he also tell ya to take the knife out of a girl who's just tryna save a kid from dyin'? Might as well stab her with it and pretend that God told ya to do so."
Aware of how mad he looked from the way Hyde was describing him, he looked at the reluctant eyes of the Ex-Holy Lady, slowly pulling his fingers away from the knife, he took some time to observe the fiery explosion caused by Isidro's meddling with the Salamander Knife, setting the mob of trolls ablaze as the villagers commemorated their recent victory.
"Startin to feel like I don't believe the same god as ya', priest. With the religious teachings being at an all time low presence thanks to the wars, they forgot what God actually stands for, instead of just using his name to garner virtue to raise taxes: Believing in God isn't just for accepting yer family's traditions, and it ain't an excuse to do a buncha bad shit and think yer going to heaven when you die cuz you can recite pretty words from books. It means having humility to know that yer not right every time ya open yer mouth to spew yer bullshit! Be it human, God or even astral, someone might know somethin' ya don't, and that's the real test! To admit that yer not perfect."
He stares at Guts, seemingly having second thoughts about hating him once he sees the lengths he is going through to save the village.
"I've been shown plenty of terrible things in my life. Ones that could take anyone's faith away. The girl over there just lost hers the other day. But their fear of saying why doesn't come because they want to feel lost, panicked or unconverted, but because you kill anyone who questions yer weak rhetoric! It's all an excuse to be an asshole without changing yer ways, cuz yer siding with the good guys! That's why we don't believe in the same god!"
While seeming like an incoherent rant that only served to let off steam, Hyde rambled long enough for Schierke to finish her spell, though whatever it was remained unseen as your vision faded back into the white smoke.
