“The main reason for this is that a new priest has been assigned to this frontier territory. He looked like an ordinary priest before he was posted here, but behind the scenes, he was organizing extremists who advocated humanism.”
“That’s why his subordinates were behaving in such a domineering manner huh. But then, why not just change the priest?”
“The problem is that even as the Margrave, I have no say in the church’s personnel decisions. I even filed a complaint to the church headquarters, but they only said that there is no problem with the procedure for selecting the priest in question. The current situation is that we can’t do anything about it.”
Hmm, it’s a hopeless situation with political motives intertwined huh.
If the Margrave can’t do anything about it, then there’s nothing we can do either.
“So in line with that, I’d like to ask for your cooperation. If we can’t do anything to that system, then we just need to find a way to get started.”
“Is it a kind of espionage?”
“Mm. At first, you should report the rumors in the town on a regular basis. That is because we have to figure out how the Church officials shows up in the guild when the Guild Master is not around.”
“I see, then by combining this with our gathered informations, we can corner the church.”
“You’re really insightful. Shun-kun is indeed quick to respond, which is a big help.”
It looks like we’ll be watching how the other side responds for a while and gather information. We also have a duty at cherry blossom viewing, and we may be able to ask for some information there.
“Then we have to keep this a secret for a while.”
“That’s right. Even if Shun-kun wants to talk to an adventurer he trusts, I would like you to wait a bit.”
“Understood. Sue, Shiro, Ao, keep this is a secret.”
“I understand.”
“Okay.”
Sue knows the importance of this from the beginning, and Shiro is willing to follow my advice. Then there is the espionage part, maybe Ao will play an active role here.
“But…. I wonder why the church needs so much money though.”
“It could be for luxury, but it could be that there’s something else. It’s what you’re saying right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Hmm, that’s a good insight. I’ve actually heard rumors that church officials are going in and out of the slave market, so I’m having my subordinates investigate that. It might have something to do with that after all.”
“”As expected of the Margrave.”
“Well, if I can’t do something like this, my father will scold me to death.”
I’m a little worried about how the collected funds will be used, but apparently, the Margrave is already exploring the possibilities.
I’ll also take a look around the slave market once, but I’ll leave the investigation to the Margrave.
“That’s about it for now. Shun-kun will be mainly dealing with the festival for a while, so I need you to focus on that.”
“Yes, leave it to me.”
“Then let’s leave the discussion here. Oh, and now that you are here, let me treat you guys to dinner.”
“Yay, here comes the delicious food!”
“O-oi, Shiro stop that. I’m sorry for that, My Lord.”
“No, no, I don’t mind the high expectations.”
The Margrave is smiling and didn’t seem to mind Shiro’s blunder.
Even though he is usually busy with things in the territory, he was still considerate of us.
And so, we all moved to the dining room for guests.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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