TW//Brainwashing, Cults

"Everyone! Listen to me! Yes, I know the other three Bishops aren't here, but I am going to tell you why!"

"Lord Leshy, are you alright?"

"No! They brainwashed the other three!"

Gasps came from the crowd. Because they knew I had told the truth. Kallamar, Heket, and Shamura were all brainwashed by Junko.

"But Lord Leshy, how did that happen?"

"Torture. They started with Kallamar. They knew his cowardly nature would make him break first. He even threw all of us under the bus, but given his situation and how they put him in the maximum amount of pain possible, he was just desperate for it to end. They then used that footage to trick the other two!"

"Lord Leshy, how are you not brainwashed?"

"Because of my blindness. The video couldn't work on me if I couldn't see it! So, they didn't even bother to try. They taunted me with my sibling's fates, trying to get me to fall as they had. BUT I REFUSE!  The last thing they ever will have done was mess with the Old Faith! I declare that the Ultimate Despair shall be EXTERMINATED! Let's pit this FRIVOLOUS MASCARADE to an END!"

The crowd of followers beneath me cheered as I made that declaration. I shall not fall as my siblings did.

I will save the Despairing Bishops.