"Sister, what's going on?"

Hours later, when the moon was high in the sky and darkness had enveloped the land, Jean was the only one left in Joan's tent.

"What do you mean by that. Jean?"

"Don't lie to me, sister. Why did Leonel say that the Archbishop had given him a mission?"

When Joan heard Jean emphasize the word Archbishop, her pupils constricted. That was right, Leonel had said Archbishop, but all of the commanders beneath her command referred to him as the Bishop. It was an incredibly small detail, but it was a detail someone as intelligent as Jean would never let slip by.

Did this Leonel do it on purpose? There were others just as intelligent as Jean under her command, it's just that only Jean was close enough to her that he would confront her like this. Or rather, it could be said that their relationship…

Jean's arm wrapped firmly around Joan's slender waist, holding her tightly to his body.

"Jean." Joan said somewhat furiously, her glare seeming to hold an indescribable power behind them.

"I thought our relationship was better than this." Jean said with narrowed eyes, meeting her fierce gaze. "Do you think I'm a fool? What death mission did that bastard send Leonel on?"

"Jean! Watch your mouth —!"

to scold him fiercely for his act of blaspheming the Bishop, but

really God or not, but this is one thing that

bit dim, it was completely unlike a woman who was supposedly in love. It was

situation was simply too odd. Joan's standing was clearly higher than Jean's, so obviously it wasn't possible for him to force her into such a relationship. Whether it was backing or

I have that there is no God in this world. Or, at the very least, even if there is one, it is most

loins right now and he also knew that

certain that he was just using you? It's for no other reason than that I wanted you to see it for yourself. Would you have listened to me had I

now you've seen it for yourself. He has no qualms about tricking a kind soul like

and sadness pervaded her gaze. However, no matter how she searched, she really couldn't find

her from youth. It simply wasn't possible to separate herself from that

in her life? She was nothing but a teenage girl, yet she was leading

pain be repaid in the end? This was

became

last test. Then, I'll be laid to rest and

others suffered due to the choices

she had known in her youth, maybe he really didn't exist. But, there was a new God before her now, and he was real and tangible. She had seen it with her own eyes, the kind of power he

won't let you

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