Chapter 296 - 293 - Excommunicated? Bah!?
"I can feel it."
Julius said at last, breaking the silence between the two of them.
"The tension, the shift. As if the very air itself knows what is coming. The Pope won’t wait long to follow his cardinals recommendation. Once he is assured of Carthages’ union to Romanus, our Excommunication is all but assured. He’ll defineitly blacklist us with holy mandate, labelling us as Heretics. False Rulers. Perhaps even anti-christs."
Serena across from him exhaled slowly as his words sunk in to her dainty skin.
"And when that Pope speaks, his people will follow."
Julius nodded in agreement.
"Not all of them, since some follow the faith unwillingly, and certainly not immediately, there are many of their followers who have not been corrupted by the new doctrine that replaced the old one a few generations back. But those who do indeed follow the new sect of the church. They will need to go, their tainted belief will only bring harm should they be allowed to remain within our lands."
"You’re going to let them leave?"
"Yes. We’ll announcine the popes descision openly without hiding it from our people, opening the roads and even assisting the ’faithful’ with leaving their homes, lands, and fellow countryment behind. If the exodus remains peaceful they will be able to leave faster, and in doing so will alter the percieved enemy of god the church has painted in their minds."
Serena’s gaze softened as she stared at him from across the candlelit table.