The priests on the side looked angry hearing these words and were about to stand up to say something, but the pope raised his hand to stop them.
For the first time, the smile had disappeared from his face.
Instead, it seemed like he was gritting his teeth and thinking about something.
The priests fell silent seeing this and waited for the pope to speak.
I narrowed my eyes to look at him for a bit, but then I suddenly stood up and said, "If there is nothing else, I think we can end this matter here. I still have some other things to attend to."
I didn't actually have anything else to do, but I knew that there was nothing good about giving the pope time to think. Just giving him this meeting was already enough to repay my favour to the priest from my town, so there was no need to give them more.
After I stood up, the prime minister and the regent stood up as well.
