"Fyodor."
After encountering one of the cult's members, Vanitas was led to their base of operations.
Despite everything happening above ground, they had remained hidden, operating under a church that had once held immense influence over five centuries ago.
It had to be said, but it was not an ordinary church. At its peak, it had been overseen by the Pope himself.
Pope Alexander IV, known as Rodrigo de Borgia, was a figure whose reign had been marked by corruption, manipulation, and bloodshed disguised as faith. An empire he had built on control.
That alone told Vanitas enough that Fyodor had lived through that era. Through the reign of a man who had turned religion into a weapon.
At his call, Fyodor, in Selena's form, turned around, his skirt lifting slightly as he clasped his hands behind his back.
Vanitas looked at him.
The sight was unpleasant.
