Eden listened to all of this from the shadows. He took off his cloak, then leaned on the Ancient Language to enter a residence, and took a piece of clothing from within, leaving behind some coins as compensation.
"How can people here... be so fanatical?"
Having once been a Priest, Eden understood that people's faith was like the sea waves, rising at one moment and calming at another, surging high at times, and falling low at others. Just as the waves depend on the winds, people's fervor also depends on external influences.
To get to the bottom of this, Eden, now changed into new clothes, casually found a heathen and, out of caution and to understand the full picture, knocked the heathen out, dragged him into an alley, and used the Ancient Language for "Possession," delving into the latter's memories.
It turned out that, a few days ago, Asabai in the Temple of Kings had delivered a prophecy.
