The silence in the gathering was tense. Everyone looked at the priest and her bowed head.
Even now, they could not accept what they had just heard coming out of their queen's mouth. But neither the queen nor the priest was going anything to deny what was happening.
"Oi, do you seriously think the priest was behind everything that happened the past few days? Those beast attacks and the recent increase in the outsider activity?"
"No way. The priest has been nothing but loyal to us all this time. There is no way she is the one responsible for what happened."
Another heretic spoke up in defense of the priest. She had been a friend of the priest for a long time now.
But even she could see how hollow her words were when the priest stood before her like a criminal.
"Oh, come on. The queen announced what the priest did with her mouth. Are you still foolish enough to defend the priest even now? You should be ashamed of yourself."
