The Church had summoned most of the nobility?
To Benjamin, this was extremely important news.
At that moment, he suddenly realized that there was no point gathering information elsewhere. If he wanted to learn what was happening in the inner city, he could only hear it from nobles like Dick.
Of course, it would have been much easier to investigate if he could return to the inner city. But looking like this, how could he dare go back? If someone recognized him, he would not even know how to explain himself.
With that in mind, he stopped leaving and instead edged closer to the theater. He tried to move even more like a beggar, hunching low as he prepared to eavesdrop on Dick and the others.
After a pile of nonsense about promoting the theater and its performances, he soon heard this:
"Young master, did something happen in the inner city?"
It seemed that the inner city's movements were what everyone in the entire Royal Capital was watching. It had not been long before someone asked that very question.
Dick answered casually, spilling everything he knew without much thought. "No idea. I don't know what The Church is up to either. It probably has something to do with those Fallen heretics. I heard that every Paladin in the Royal Capital has been summoned somewhere to await orders, and people from all over the kingdom are being transferred to the Royal Capital."
Benjamin's heart clenched when he heard that.
The Church was gathering its strength.
What were they planning to do?
Although he feared that this force had been assembled for him and Michelle, after thinking it over carefully, Benjamin felt that The Church would not make such a huge fuss merely for the two of them.
Combined with what Michelle