"But it was God's Will" and this is why this world needs Blasphemy.
Becouse clearly this "God" is an incompetent self-entitled pig brat, that could put its omnipotence up on its ass.
Also I can't avoid the feeling that the king want to use them as a political tool. It's the only way all the idiotic restrictions they put on them (as "can't go in town without proper arrangments (but fine with a disguise)" in the previous chapter) can make the slightest bit of sense.