Apardoner is an official of the
a. king
c. local government
b. church
d. feudal manor

The answer is B.

Pardoner is an official of the church

A couple of decades ago, You have to pay if you want "forgiveness" of your sins from the church. You have to buy an official church pardon before you ask for forgiveness from a priest

a pardoner is someone who travels to countryside selling official church pardons, whcich usually contains a piece of paper with bishop's signature on it

So you know what happened and so it doesn’t repeat it’s self