Famiu had agreed to hand the prisoners over to him?
Hearing this answer, John was filled with astonishment.
From a standpoint of political alignment, if this action fell into the hands of the Old Guard Party, it would be no different from indirectly indicating that the Church intended to support the Reformist Faction.
When that happened, the Church, which should have remained neutral, would inevitably draw the Old Guard Party's attention.
And as the root cause behind this incident, Famiu would also inevitably incur the hostility of the other archbishops within the Church, or even the Pope.
Although, as the only Crown Tier powerhouse in the Church, it was impossible for the Church's higher-ups to directly strip her of her position as archbishop, no matter how dissatisfied they were, reducing the authority in her hands would become inevitable.
Even from a charitable perspective, John felt that, given he had never had any contact with this archbishop who had always tried to overturn the Church's internal rule, and that today was even their first meeting,
there was no way the other party would risk harming her own interests to help a complete stranger like him out of simple goodwill.
Therefore, whether from the standpoint of political alignment or that absurd angle of goodwill, he did not believe she had any reason to do this.
So, did she have another motive?
Or was she trying to exchange the prisoners for something from him?
John silently pondered this, growing increasingly puzzled.
But soon, as if he had thought of something, he paused before abruptly raising his head to look at Famiu in front of him.
As if she had guessed what John was thinking at that moment, Famiu immediately nodded with a smile, but her tone was filled with seriousness:
"That's right. The