Chapter 45: The Mouse-Torturing Maniac
Leon had already thought it through seriously.
The person was already dead—panicking was useless.
Running away now would not reduce their risk.
The only option was to observe the situation and adapt as needed.
They had long since reached the point where the Church could sentence them to death.
Now that he had killed the Director of the Inquisition as well, he himself had become an existence no different from Rena—an outright heretic.
Frankly speaking, considering the weight of their crimes, whether they continued this business or went on to kill a bishop made little difference.
They had already stepped onto a tightrope with no way back.
For the rest of their lives, they would live under the Church’s shadow of death.