If Leo stayed here, in Auravale, with a Calamity inside him... he was a bomb waiting to go off. If he exploded, Remus died. The Temple died.
But if Remus sent him to the Capital...
If he sent the bomb to the High Priestess...
It became her problem.
"You..." Remus looked at Leo with a mix of fear and calculation. "You are willing to go? To the Capital?"
"I was going anyway," Leo said. "I have a letter of recommendation, remember? I want to meet the Saintess. I want my rewards."
Here is the rewritten ending scene for Chapter 80, incorporating the changes regarding the delay and the Iron Saint bodyguard.
Remus nodded slowly, wiping his sweaty forehead with his sleeve. "Yes. Yes. You must go. Immediately. You cannot stay here. Your presence... it disturbs the holy ley lines. I can feel the darkness radiating off you. It makes my skin crawl."
"That might just be your hygiene," Leo noted.
