The cleric sighed. He had the air of someone who had seen too much politicking to speak with innocence anymore.
Ludwig noticed, "You don't sound too happy with me meeting one of your church's big figures…"
"Well. Not that, but it's been a while since we saw her either… Lady Titania is still stuck in the west, with all the fighting going on with the Kingdom of the Sands and all…"
Ludwig's explanation was practical. The name conjured campaigns and divided focuses. If high players were busy elsewhere, their influence here would thin and leave openings. The map of power was porous.
"Yeah, I suppose, but why is the holy church intervening in a fight between the countries? Shouldn't the Imperial Army be handling that sort of thing?"
Sigurd's question struck an obvious point. In theory, wars belonged to armies and kings, not to clerical hierarchies. But the world was never tidy.
