"A-aahh—M-murder!?" One of the ministers was the first to break the silence as he yelled, processing what had just happened in front of him.
But before he could yell further, another womanly voice sliced through the air.
"So even Holy Knights are involved in this atrocity with the High Priest?"
Everyone turned to see a woman entering from the doorway, causing their eyes to widen in fear.
Particularly the knights, who, peering from behind their armor's face masks, trembled and quickly knelt.
One after another, they knelt before her, a unison resonating in the room.
"W-we greet the holy light of Goddess Agastasa!"
Even faster than they had broken through the door, they all knelt, as if switching sides quicker than the ministers could process.
