Chapter 44
The main reception area of the Weissenasche Theater, after the end of the movie screening.
“No… Why did the demon die in the end?! He was so nice to Belle! I can’t accept it!!”
Sansa wiped away the tears on her cheeks with a handkerchief. As someone who cried a lot, she was already on her second handkerchief, which she borrowed from Hyrlan.
“Aren’t all citizens of Messai merciless toward demons?”
It was Ciri’s fourth time watching the movie. She was mentally prepared to stop herself from crying during the emotional scenes in the movie and now had time to notice the details, such as how many scenes she appeared in.
On the contrary, Sansa got teary-eyed halfway through and sobbed loudly when the movie ended.
Ciri knew about the Holy Theocracy of Messai. It championed the idea that “all demons were evil invaders” and had shared an antagonistic relationship with demons for close to a century. In fact, the people’s general impression of demons probably originated from the missionaries of Messai who promoted their religion around the world.
In other words, it was a matter of blind discrimination.