[Sebastian is definitely right that a century is a decently long time for a church to be around, especially one without a larger clerical body governing it. Certainly it’s long enough for the church to become cemented as a part of the community… though in what way, is the question.]

It seems to have been a boon to the community, which is as I would have hoped.

[Discussing this with a demon is most strange; he cannot imagine Sebastian has any but the most passing interest in what kind of good his church has done for the citizens of Alenroux’s little town. Though, from what he has heard about Sebastian’s Earth, probably none of the many churches he’s sure to have seen would have been dedicated to the support of commerce.]

Fortunately, I had the foresight to translate my copy of The Order of Numbers before the church opened, so the clergy were not entirely without guidance. It has probably resulted in some interesting interpretations, though.

And I do regret that I could not have done the same for The Manual of City-Building.

[That book is just too big, though. Useful though it would have been over the last century of the settlement’s growth, Liem simply hadn’t had the time to translate the entire tome before his sleep, nor the foresight to know that he would have needed to.]