Romelia's Persuasion

"What do you mean?!"

Hearing that Mia-san had been taken away, I pressed Sonea-san for an explanation.

"I-I... Well, Romelia-sama, while we were treating people in the village, Priest Gilman arrived with his men and suddenly seized Mia-san. I protested, but they told me that using healing arts without permission was an act of rebellion against the Church. Mia-san was taken to Mikara Territory."

Hearing Sonea-san's explanation, I bit my lip.

I never imagined they would resort to such an outrageous act. No, this was my failure. I should have known this was coming.

The Salvation Church forbade anyone from teaching healing arts anywhere other than its treatment centers, which trained healers.

Mia-san had learned healing arts from Priest Noute. She was, in effect, an unlicensed healer, and I had known it would cause trouble if the Church found her.

I had expected the Church to discover sooner or later that I was keeping an unlicensed healer with me and protest, but I never imagined they would come to seize her by force.

I regretted not assigning her guards, but it was too late now.

But I never imagined they would take such a hard-line approach. And to think they had seized Mia-san, who had been helping people...