Iver Bridge District.
Inside a run-down little chapel.
With Green Forest Cathedral badly damaged and Saint Avalon Cathedral not yet completed, Nicholas Inam, the acting bishop, could only settle into a small chapel.
At that moment, in the temporary office, Nicholas drew in a sharp breath as he looked at the funds in the account. "So much money..."
This was the church's public account, and a sum for reconstruction had just been transferred into it.
Nicholas stared at that money for a long while in stunned silence, then muttered to himself, "No wonder Roberts managed to open the Fourth Primordial just by embezzling..."
Of course, because of Roberts's fall from grace, he, as the acting bishop, could no longer freely dispose of this money or casually inflate invoices to embezzle funds.
Every payment listed here had to bear his signature, as well as Resno's supplementary signature, before it could actually be withdrawn from the bank.
Nicholas knew very well that the clerk Resno was a watcher sent from above.
But as a former clergyman, he was quite content with his current living conditions. He even felt that such measures to prevent a bishop's authority from growing too great were proper and necessary.
Resno's office was right next to his.
Having finished his work, Nicholas stood up and stretched, wondering whether he should invite the other man to dinner.
While building rapport, perhaps he could also learn more about the mysterious world from him!
"Bishop, a believer wishes to see you. He is an acquaintance of yours and wants to confess to you in person!"
A nun approached, gazing at Nicholas with worshipful eyes as she spoke respectfully.
Though Nicholas had only just taken office, his conduct was completely different from that of the previous archbishops. He held himself to the