Augustus continued his prayer after hearing Harold's report. Unless it was something very important, he would never interrupt the tributes to 'God of Steam', 'Lord of Life and Death' and 'Glowing Morning Star'.
After several minutes, Augustus stood up agilely and said, covering his eyes with his right hand. "Supreme Steam!"
That was a symbolic movement of prayer that he had designed after witnessing the explosion of Eternal Blaze in Rentato with consideration of the view of 'Atlantis' in his dream. It was like how the believers of the Saint Truth drew crosses!
"The Kingdom of Dwarfs?" Augustus finished his prayer and asked in confusion.
His face was healthily red, and he was wearing a special silver armor whose parts were connected through complicated mechanical craft. Filled with a delicate but cold sense of beauty, it was the ritual suit that he had designed for the God of Steam.