Book 6: Chapter 7.2
「I give up. You are more capable than I expected.」
While muttering as such, he puts his hand on his chin and starts to think about something.
「Well, you see, I was told not to reveal it by His Eminence… but the remark during the meeting was a request made by His Eminence.」
「…Huh?」
「You must have understood by now that the Church used that opportunity to guarantee your identity and eliminate discrimination against black hair and black eyes, right?」
…Well, they wouldn’t have bothered to ask me to return to black hair, otherwise.
「But nobody would want to make unnecessary statements towards the Church, or the situation might get too complicated if some of the representatives held strong prejudice against black hair and lashed out. So His Eminence requested me to control the debate. That’s why I did it.」
「I see……」
「That’s why I have no ill will towards black hair and black eyes. In the first place, people who discriminate against others are not selected as the People’s Representative in our Windle Republic… but, I guess you wouldn’t understand it.」