The good news was that what Alice had worried about did not happen. Archbishop Anthony calmly agreed to her request. "Of course."
Alice looked at Anthony in confusion.
She did not consider herself particularly skilled at lying, though part of that was because she often did not bother to hide things carefully, like just now.
But Anthony had always seemed like this. He never questioned any of her actions. Or perhaps he had questioned them before, but he never asked proactively.
Was it because of... "keeping secrets"?
Alice looked thoughtfully at Anthony as he stood up and pulled open the bookcase behind him.
It was filled with densely packed books. Alice gave the spines a cursory glance and saw dates, locations, and other information neatly marked on them. Materials on Beyonders and Supernatural Events were sorted into categories, along with various editions of the Holy Bible.
This looked like an archive cabinet...
Alice dizzily looked away. Anthony pulled out a Holy Bible and placed it on the tabletop before saying to Alice:
"This is a sample of the most recent edition of the Holy Bible. Naturally, it cannot be taken out of here.
"However, from what you described... it seems that you need one you can take away?"
It was not that necessary, actually... Alice glanced at the Holy Bible.
She truly did not have much need to take a Holy Bible away. After all, she had plenty of ways to recall things she had read. It was just that when attending lessons, she really had not listened.
But Alice still asked, "Um... is there one?"
—As a Blessed of the Goddess, having no Holy Bible at home would be far too improper!
With that thought in mind, Alice turned an eager gaze toward Archbishop Anthony.
As though he had