The pope assigned Reeva here not because he trusted him but because Reeva was a good token of the morals of the church. Most of the time, the decision is decided by Quin or Max. They only needed his approval to do the thing.
Which he will happily granted.
He couldn't command the entire army without training. If he took that way, he would only find failures. On the other hand, with Quin and Max directing the knight and priest, he didn't need to raise a hand.
"We are ready to launch the investigation, please give us your blessing"
"Go ahead, and come back safely."
Quin will took half of the knights and deal with the matter inside the forest. The cold weather forced the knights to wore an extra thick cloak over their already tight knight armor, while the priests had wore thicker robes more than usual.
