Chapter 99: The Apostate Knight Order Commander
River Valley County, a mountain villa.
Leon once again sat in the reception hall waiting.
Bishop Becket sat beside him in accompaniment.
“Johnny Wellman—” Leon repeatedly turned this name over in his mind.
Before coming, he had learned some information about this man from Bishop Becket.
“This man is responsible for managing an armed fleet used for cross-sea transport on behalf of the Earl. Seventy percent of the Earl’s import and export goods are escorted by him. The name he is known by is Johnny Wellman, but that name is false. His real name is Jonathan Ruit, and he is an apostate knight of the Creator Church,” Bishop Becket had explained to Leon at the time.
“An apostate knight? Then that would mean he’s a wanted fugitive?” Leon asked.
“No. He betrayed the Church but was not wanted, because he has already been registered as dead,” Bishop Becket replied.
“Was it arranged by the Earl?” Leon’s first reaction was that the Earl had staged a fake death to let this apostate knight escape pursuit, and in return the knight served under the Earl.