After settling on the time for the ceremony, the meeting moved straight on to the next topic—the Holy Church's future course of action.
Dark did not hesitate and immediately laid out his thoughts.
After all, he had no experience in religious affairs, so there were inevitably shortcomings in his ideas.
But his strength was that he could face his shortcomings directly and humbly learn and improve.
Only by voicing his ideas could he discover where those shortcomings lay.
The Holy Church's senior officials summarized an outline based on his ideas, then revised the details and gradually refined the entire course of action into a mature and efficient approach.
Just as he had said before, both he and everyone present wanted the Holy Church to become better. Since they were highly aligned on the general direction, everything that followed was easy to discuss.
Even though most of the Holy Church's senior officials were not fond of Demi-Humans due to their doctrine, bringing that up at a time when the church's very survival was at stake would only invite ridicule. No one raised any objections.
On the contrary, they began eagerly discussing how to formulate strategies that would appeal to Demi-Humans.
As the discussion unfolded, Dark discovered that the Holy Church's senior officials possessed far more than merely detailed knowledge of Demi-Humans.
—They had clearly studied Demi-Humans very deeply.
Humans and Demi-Humans had once formed a joint army to fight the Demon Race. It was only natural for them to have come to understand one another as comrades.
But the Holy Church's understanding of Demi-Humans went beyond that. They had not studied them as allies, but quite clearly as enemies.
Dark grasped the implication after only a moment.
Two or three years ago, the Holy Church had still belonged to the "pro-war