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."
