Raymond might have screwed up. It was far from his first time selling information to the church, but this response was just completely unexpected. They usually just paid well, and then did nothing. In all the years Raymond had been selling to them, the largest response any of his secrets got was an investigation into a minor noble who was collecting demon worshiper antiques. He hadn’t even told them who Jonny was. He just sold them the raw information from the butler about the strange boy with golden eyes and a penchant for killing magic beasts. Yet, two days later, they had sent a damned high inquisitor out there. A high inquisitor who then died. He had let Archibald know, just to see if he could get his brother in trouble, but instead, he was now working closely with the church, scouring the mountainside for the escaped demon. The fact that his nephew was demon-possessed should have been a good thing. That meant he didn’t even need to do anything anymore. The church would take care of him, and even if they failed, he would never be able to inherit the position of duke. His own son’s future was more or less secured.The real issue was that they knew who had given them the information about Jonny, and they also knew about the assassins. He had covered his tracks perfectly when it came to the actual hiring of the assassins, but the fact that he was the only one who knew about Jonny made him the only suspect for who could have sent them, and that was bad. The church (...)