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"No," I answered briefly.
The kneeling knight's shoulders trembled slightly, but I pressed on before he could react, "Don't be too discouraged. There's a reasonable reason I refused."
"A reason?"
"The fundamental question is—why should I trust you?"
Peron tilted his head. "Do you distrust me because I was once a church member?"
"That's part of it," I admitted. "But I realized it during the first test. There's no one here I can fully trust. It's not just you. Lorcan, standing dumbly beside me, isn't any different."
Lorcan shot me a sharp glance, but I ignored him. "Of course, as a former church member, you already deceived us in the first test. That makes you naturally more suspicious than Lorcan. In short, I think your suggestion is either a trap or another test."
"That's not true," Peron protested.
"Sure," I said, cutting him off. "You can say anything. But would you believe it if you were in my position?"
Peron fell silent. His experience as a church member and hero made him perceptive, and my words seemed to have an effect. Still, it was frustrating to leave matters unresolved.
I suspected...
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