"Aren't you essentially agreeing with the idea then?" Fandevin exclaimed. "If he can assemble a church army in the northwestern parish, should we all start assembling armies as well?"

"Weren't you just saying that you didn't dare to take such a risk with so many lives at stake? Why are you suddenly asking about something like that now?" Mutizen chuckled as he threw a jibe at Fandevin.

Fandevin was rendered speechless upon hearing this, and he was trembling from rage.

"I approve of Lia assembling a church army in the northwestern parish because I've heard some things about Boll Dukedom recently," Boten explained to Fandevin and Kandra, then turned to Lia as he asked, "A battle is about to break out between the nobles and the wealthy merchants, isn't that right?"

Lia nodded in response. "The situation there is extremely chaotic."

Even if those two parties wanted to coexist in peace, there was no way that Erwin would allow them to do so.

"But..." Kandra still wanted to argue, but Boten raised a hand to cut him off.

"My idea is actually very simple. I think that this is still not the right time to set a full-blown revolution into motion," Boten said. " We can get Lia to lead the way and act as a scout for us. If everything goes smoothly on his end, it's not too late for us to join in on the plan as well."

Only then did everyone come to realize that Boten was actually fundamentally accepting of the notion of such a revolution.

"And what if things don't go smoothly on his end?" Fandevin asked.

"In that case, we declare to the world that someone betrayed our Universal Church, posing as a crusader for our Universal Church to engage in an unjust cause," Boten sighed. "If that happens, then we'll have to quell the fury of the public with your head, Lia."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this, and even the bishop who...