An Old Country Bumpkin Becomes an Accomplice

“You mean Bishop Levios Sarlione?”

“That’s right. You knew about him, Sensei~.”

“...Hmmmm?”

Something wasn’t adding up. I could almost see how the pieces fit, but not quite. The unexpected name from Rose’s lips only made my thoughts more tangled.

“Gardenant, what’s wrong?”

“No... That bishop was tried, right?”

I asked again to make sure.

I actually didn’t know what had happened to Bishop Levios after Fissel and I captured him. Lucy, Allucia, and perhaps Ivroi had certainly made some sort of move, but I didn’t know where or how things had ultimately ended up.

“Well, yeah. The charges were that he’d arbitrarily interpreted the scriptures, brainwashed the common people, and committed a taboo. There was quite a bit of backlash.”

I had no idea how serious those crimes were by Sphendyardvanian standards...