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Chapter 862

God, please forgive us, for we are about to become sinners. That must be why our prayers will not be heard. But, please, at least spare the Bishop, the Bishop who is kinder and more devout than anyone.

「It’s the Bishop who’s being held hostage. We know full well that if we obey the spy we will be rebuked and excommunicated. But we cannot trade the Bishop’s life for anything. The Bishop raised us orphans like his own children even while living in poverty. No matter what it takes…」

「However… we were told that merely threatening them would be enough, so we used weak poison and concealed weapons with no killing power… yet none of the honored guests have even received a single scratch.」

「Left with no other choice, we even used longbows, but the arrows bounced away without piercing them.」

「We even used deadly poison, intending to die in apology afterward, but