The outcome of wanting everything is achieving nothing.
For the knights of Brittania, part of the reason they don't use ranged weapons is their faith. In this idealistic world, the more devout one's faith, the stronger they become. In this theistic world, the more devout one's faith, the easier it is to receive the Goddess's protection.
If a knight, who has trained for years, has no confidence in his own martial skills, then he does not deserve to be a knight.
Conversely, firearms are not as deadly as imagined. The Empire's muskets can hardly penetrate a knight's plate armor; only a very few special long-barreled fire cannons crafted by Dwarfs can do that. Such fire cannons are rare, even in the Emperor of the Empire's armory.
After Laine and Mogiana had a consensus on this issue, Laine discussed the next topic: "My lady, have you been feeling better recently?"
"A bit better." Mogiana nodded, the Lake God Witch could now barely move freely, but she easily became tired.
