Baird understood this logic, but he still said stubbornly, "However, our great Emperor has already bared his fangs at Yalan and even reclaimed the territories that rightfully belong to us from them. Are we really going to let this Church knight go?" To him, it seemed as though the Sute Empire and the Yalan Empire were locked in an endless, mortal struggle—though such a mindset was hardly surprising, given how the iron cavalry of Sute had already trampled numerous obscure minor nations.
Aldrich wore a solemn expression. "Baird, you must understand, we have no authority to dispose of this Church knight. We merely picked him up outside the city! We are nothing more humble merchants, utterly powerless against the iron hooves of the Church—be it the Church of War or the Radiant Church!"
"Are we just going to keep him imprisoned like this, then?"
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