"Instead of reflecting on your own mistakes, you're going back on your word and making things difficult for a defenseless woman? Archbishop Klaso, is this the teaching of the Lord of Radiance? Forgive me, but as a fellow believer in the Lord of Radiance, why have I never heard of such teachings in the doctrine? Have we been reading different scriptures?"
Well, Yetana had actually dragged doctrine into this. For priests, that was practically fatal!
"But... Xianna really did work with Alfred! They're accomplices!" Klaso's survival instinct was strong. He tried to use this point to persuade Yetana.
"So?"
"So it is only proper for her to stand trial!" Klaso felt there was nothing wrong with his reasoning. Before this, Xianna had at most killed a few people, and they had been nobles. Although the Radiance Church loathed Xianna for associating with those evil creatures, since the Grand Duke had spoken, they could pretend not to see it.
But things were different now. The whole of Beauclair had already lost tens of thousands of citizens. As Alfred's accomplice, Xianna's crimes had naturally grown more severe as well! Klaso saw nothing wrong with his demand.
Who would have thought that as soon as Klaso finished speaking, Yetana's expression would change at once, her eyes bursting with a stern, icy glare!
"You want to find a scapegoat?!!!"
Yetana roared.
Almost everyone was stunned. Klaso was the archbishop of Saint Sophia Cathedral! His status was extraordinary; even Yetana, as the Grand Duke, could only deal with him as an equal. Yet no one had expected Yetana to rebuke Klaso so harshly.
Before the stunned members of the Radiance Church could react, Yetana continued, "Archbishop Klaso, do you want the royal family to take the blame for your failure?!!!"
"Nonsense! I have never thought