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Johannes Reformation War (7)

As Juno quickly rushed to the front of the garrison, the heresy judges, priests, and believers who had promised to follow the saint and judge the Pope were seen trembling and talking among themselves.

“A wave, a wave? If you are excommunicated, doesn’t that mean you can’t go to Ikaris-sama after death?”

“Oh, no… excommunication… I just want to follow the saint and straighten out the church…”

For members of the Ikaris Church, excommunication was the worst punishment, worse than the death penalty, in which their names were removed from the church, they were not recognized as followers of Ikaris, and at the same time, they were not recognized as human beings, so the ordinary believers were shaking and making noise.

The problem wasn’t just the believers.

“The saint and the captain seduced the Balkan emperor with their bodies and then led the army in order to seize power? Ha, it looks like the three of you are particularly close…”

“I heard two people enter the emperor’s barracks earlier… They both looked very happy… Like the expression of someone going to meet their lover… Could it be that what was announced at the Great Hall was actually true?◦ @◦

“In addition, your outfit has become much more glamorous than before… As if you were trying to seduce a man…”

As the priests and inquisitors who followed Angelina and Jeanne, even risking excommunication, also became agitated and the anxiety spread throughout the camp, Juno realized that the situation was serious.

‘No matter how overwhelming the combat power of my personal guard corps is… it will be a headache if the Inquisitors and these many believers turn to the Pope’s side… We must act quickly!!’

Then Angelina and Jeanne, who followed Juno, ran to the priests and inquisitors and began to calm them down.

“Everyone, calm down!! That’s a ploy by the Pope to sway you!! The excommunication they claim has no effect!! Excommunication is a punishment that must go through a formal trial and receive permission from Ikaris!! There is no way that the Pope, who was abandoned by Icaris, can excommunicate!!”

“What the saint said is correct!! And it is natural that our sisters are close friends with His Majesty the Emperor!! If we don’t serve Ikaris’ ground agent with sincerity, Ikaris will be upset!!”

As Angelina and Jeanne’s voices, imbued with divine power, echoed throughout the camp, the priests and inquisitors seemed to calm down to some extent.

“Ha, well… It’s impossible for people with such pure divine power to commit such an unholy act…”

“Look! I said it wouldn’t be me, right? Do you still doubt after seeing the archangel descending on the body of a saint at Lake Hauril?”

“In the meantime, something like that could happen!! They say they don’t know what’s between a man and a woman…”

When Angelina and Jeanne saw that their persuasion was working, they breathed a sigh of relief, but the situation was not over. A loud voice began to echo from the gates of La Dame Castle, both inside and outside.

And the identity of that voice was Pope Alexander VI.

“Dear believers of the Icaris religion!! I am Alexander, your Pope and the first priest of Icaris!! Faced with the current miserable situation, I stand here to appeal to the reason of believers”

Although no divine power or mana was felt at all, the loud voice that rang out through divine magic was enough to attract the attention of everyone inside and outside the castle.

“This is how we divide and fight!! As the conflict deepens under a common doctrine, an evil hand from outside the Holy Kingdom is approaching us and trying to destroy what we have all achieved together!!”

The Pope took a moment to catch his breath and continued his speech.

“A civil war that will destroy everything is ahead, but even now, we must all unite as one and resist the evil hand!! As Ikaris wants!! We must unite as one!! It’s not too late now. Please come back. Ikaris’s arms are open to all of you”

“It is obvious that that evil saint and the Inquisitor who betrayed Ikaris and became obsessed with the Emperor of Balkan are corrupt! That’s why we!! I will never give up on the great temple that serves Ikaris!! This current situation! It is an unprecedented and unimaginable tragedy in the history of the kingdom, but… this will be reality again”

Most of the believers were mesmerized by the Pope’s magnificent speech, and even some priests and inquisitors were listening to it in a daze, making Angelina and Jeanne grind their teeth.

“Servants of Ikaris! It’s time!! We must unite as one under the flag of Daesinjeon!! We can become stronger when everyone becomes one!! Under Ikaris, we can become one!! All of us who were divided!! We will become one again and stand before the sacred throne”

Before we knew it, the Pope’s speech was nearing its end, and the priests guarding the castle gate began to enthusiastically wave the Pope’s flag.

” I, Alexander, who sits on this sacred throne, will watch over you as Pope. Please come back. Brothers… I will revoke your excommunication, so give me your faith once again… You evil Balkan emperor who threatens our Holy Kingdom and subjects!! Don’t try to hinder our unity… Today we become one again!! We will win at any cost!!!”

As the Pope’s speech ended, enthusiastic cheers erupted from inside La Dame Castle and could be heard even outside the castle gates.

And it worked well for the general believers, who made up more than half of the army.

“Sa, actually… isn’t the Pope right…? Maybe we did something wrong? Actually, changing the doctrine didn’t make sense!!”

“Well, yes… that could be the case… We might have been really wrong in trying to rebel against the Grand Presbyterian Church… In that case, we should stand on the Pope’s side again, even now…”

“A lot of taxes were collected for various reasons… but maybe that was for the glory of Ikaris…”

“Ha, but the saint definitely received an oracle!! Icaris said the Pope did something wrong!!”

“There may have been a misunderstanding between us… So, rather than splitting into two and fighting… it is better to unite again as the Pope said…”

It had little effect on the priests and inquisitors, who could feel the enormous divine power in the saint’s voice, but the general believers were all swayed by the Pope’s magnificent speech.

“Saint!! I understand what the saint said, but I don’t think the Pope’s words are wrong either!!”

“I don’t think it’s right for the Balkan Empire’s military to intervene in our castle’s problems!!! Wouldn’t it be better to resolve this through dialogue with the Pope?”

As ordinary believers who were taken aback by the Pope’s speech crowded around Angelina and Jeanne and shouted wildly, the Inquisitors tried to stop them.

“Calm down! Ladies!! This is a ploy by the Pope to deceive you!! You must not pass by!!”

“Ikaris-sama’s intentions are towards His Majesty Emperor Juno and us!! That evil Pope is just struggling to protect his power!!”

Angelina and Jeanne shouted at the top of their lungs, and the Inquisitors also tried their best to stop the believers flocking towards the saint, but the momentum of the believers, who were completely persuaded by the Pope’s speech, did not stop.

In the end, several believers succeeded in approaching Angelina and Jeanne, and they began holding onto their clothes and demanding that their demands be resolved through dialogue with the Pope.

‘Oh, no… If I keep doing this, my cloak will come off… and I’ll find out that I’m the master’s sow!!’

‘I can’t do it yet… After defeating the Pope, I have to officially change my doctrine and get permission from Ikaris and announce that I am marrying my master!!’

The two sisters, who had already made all their plans for the future, closed their eyes tightly when the lewd clothes under their cloaks were about to be discovered.

Kwaang!!

And at the same time as they drank intensely, they felt their bodies floating into the air and carefully opened their eyes. Then, Yuno was seen holding them and throwing her body away, so their faces turned bright red.

“Uh, huh? Master… we were fine…”

“If you protect us here… you’ll be in trouble… You know very well that we weren’t doing it because we couldn’t get out of there…”

“You sows have worked hard so far, so I can step forward now, right? From now on, I will clearly show you what kind of person this Yuno is, whom you all serve as your master. Hehehehe”

Yuno, who jumped high to grab Angelina and Jeanne who were in danger, dropped them off in front of their barracks and then ran alone through the gates of La Dame Castle. The believers who had been pressuring Angelina and Jeanne just now began to look at Yuno blankly.

‘Sister, what is the master trying to do?’

‘I-I don’t know… Anyway, my master felt so cool that I’m completely wet right now… Sigh♥’

‘Well, that’s the same for me too, right? Well, what are you really going to do…’

Angelina and Jeanne went into the barracks, quickly changed their clothes, and came out to the front of the garrison again, looking at Juno walking toward the castle gate.

The priests guarding Radame Castle also looked at Yuno in bewilderment as he headed to the castle gate alone without any guards and then spoke to him.

“Aren’t you the emperor of the Balkans? This is Ikaris’ sanctuary!! Go back now!! Otherwise I will attack you!!”

“It doesn’t matter whether you guys attack or not. Tell the Pope right now. He said that if you come out and ask for forgiveness within 10 minutes, your life will be spared, and if you don’t reveal your top within 5 minutes, I, the emperor of Balkan and the earthly agent of Ikaris, will never forgive you”

As an incredibly loud voice filled with mana echoed throughout the castle and the Yuno army’s garrison, everyone’s attention was now focused on Yuno.

“What, what crazy talk…”

The priests were taken aback by such a ridiculous statement, but Juno felt that even if it was an enemy country, it was a message from the emperor and should not be ignored, so they immediately ran to the Pope in the Great Hall and delivered the message.

However, the Pope ignored Juno’s message and instead hurled insults at the priests who delivered the message.

“Hmm… That’s how you come out as expected… In that case, I dare ask you to pay for insulting my sows. Pope…”

In the end, when there was no response even after 10 minutes, Yuno began to draw mana mixed with divine power from his mana hole.

As a huge aura, a combination of enormous divine power and mana, bloomed around him, Yuno’s body gave off tremendous force. The force was enough to make the skin of ordinary people who could not feel mana tingle, so all the priests and The Inquisitors and the general believers also began to look at Yuno with awe.

*Illustration of Yuno heading to the castle gate, telling Angelina and Jeanne to trust herself.