"Oh? So you mean the assassination was carried out by people from Lorraine itself?" Ludwig gave a sinister laugh. "Now that you mention it, there are only a handful of people who would benefit from the Queen's death. Perhaps the mastermind is even sitting in this very room."
It seemed that Ludwig's dislike of the clergy was no secret.
The priest immediately began sweating profusely, caught between two equally troublesome choices. Although he suspected that Ludwig's words were not entirely unreasonable, he certainly did not dare openly agree with him. The Pope was gravely ill and could be summoned before God at any moment, while the candidates competing to succeed him were already locked in a fierce struggle that had resulted in numerous deaths. At such a sensitive time, the priest had no desire to become entangled in another dangerous political dispute.
