Chapter 101 - 32: Gray’s Reforms (2)
Just when everyone believed Gray had won a decisive victory in his power struggle with the Church, Gray thought otherwise.
In truth, he felt he had lost—and lost completely.
Starry night, Lion King City.
On the rooftop of a small house, Gray and Carl quietly watched the people inside a room through the open window of a building across from them.
A drunken man was beating his wife, shouting as he struck her: "Go ahead, report me! Report me! The Holy Knights will stand up for you, and I’ll be thrown in jail tomorrow. But once I get out, I’ll start beating you all over again, just like now!"
Standing beside him, Carl spoke softly: "Holy Knight, the situation is complicated, so I felt it necessary to inform you. It’s not just this family; in fact, we’re encountering more and more unusual cases."
"Her husband is beating her?" Gray asked softly.
"Yes."
"Then why doesn’t she divorce him? I recall that the new law allows them to divorce freely."
"But what governs people’s lives isn’t just the law," Carl said. "The law has changed, but people don’t see divorce as a good thing. A divorced woman finds it hard to remarry, and living alone is even harder. Moreover, they have children."
"What if we force them to divorce?"