Council (5)

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As the first matter concluded with conditional approval, a strange energy began to fill the hall.

Bang! Bang!

The meeting on the second matter began with the chairman's staff.

“Second matter. We shall now begin deliberations to determine whether Black Saint Yulian Nihilit will prove his morality and intentions, demonstrating that he will not depart from the Church's order in the future to found a new sect or false doctrine.”

The second matter was similar to the confirmation hearings I knew well.

The sort of proceeding held to assess a person's morality before appointing some minister or another.

In my previous life, they would usually have picked me clean here until not a speck of dust remained.

But judging by the atmosphere in the hall immediately after the second matter was announced, that did not seem likely.

— “Thanks to the speech the Saint just gave, the second matter is practically over as well.”...