âYour Highness! Please calm yourself. If you donât, there will be unnecessary deaths!â
âUnnecessary? Why?â
Arnold retorted as he approached the door in front of him.
âIt was the Order that broke the treaty and displayed unwillingness to obey. If they try to kill us, weâll be happy to kill them.â
âYou just told me that they are not monolithic! Not all people who belong to one organization think alike!â
ââ¦â
Arnold made no reply.
Instead, he swung his right leg up towards the massive door and kicked it open at once.
â!â
At that moment, arrows poured down like rain.
Before Rishe could brace herself, Arnold stepped forward. The sword, which he brandished diagonally to the right deflected all the arrows away at once.
Archers will take advantage of firing all at onceâ¦
In the hall, a dozen or so figures in monastic garb held their bows as they guarded the altar behind them.
They were in a state of unrest. But Arnoldâs eyes only saw the man who was dragging the unconscious Myria towards the altar.
âââWeâve cornered him!â
His eyes gleamed like those of a predator.
ââYouâre not going to kill the Priestess at the altar, are you?â¦How ridiculous.â
Arnold laughed blithely as he looked at the Archbishop.
âDo you really think that justifies your actions? Thatâs ludicrous.â
âYour Highnessâ¦â
âStay hereâ¦Oliverã¼â
âHa! As you wish!â
â!â
Before she knew it, his squire, Oliver, was standing behind her.
I didnât realize that a breakdown of this magnitude could slow me down so muchâ¦
Rishe clasped her hands tightly. However, Arnold rushed off to the back of the hall shortly after a pause.
She wanted to go after him, but Oliver grabbed her shoulder. Without enough strength to shake his hand off, Rishe looked back at him.
âOliver-sama! At this rate, Your Highness will kill the Archbishopâ¦â
âHeâll definitely kill him, but no worriesâ¦â
Oliver smiled and remarked like an excellent squire.
âEven if that happens, the Orderâs senate will end up cutting off the archbishop.â
âThatâsâ¦â
âThe existence of the Maiden Priestess, their concealment of it, and the assassination racket. I think he will offer the dead Archbishop to His Majesty as an apology to the Orderâs crime. ââAfter that, he should present Miss Myria to Garkhain and dismiss it as itâs late, but itâs as per the treaty.â
She was having a throbbing headache. A sensation similar to nausea rose from the pit of her chest.
âIâm sure this will happen sooner or later. I think His Majesty was also interested when the Order announced that they were going to reopen the festival. Isnât this a much more amicable outcome than the Emperor waging war against the Order by taking advantage of Myriaâs existence?â
âThereâs no way itâs going to be amicableâ¦â