Chapter 76. The Art of Agitation

A heavy silence fell over the hall.

Heretic.

No one was ignorant of the meaning of that word.

Those who, despite believing in the same God, interpreted the doctrines as they pleased.

Unforgivable enemies of the Church of the Goddess, who dared to use faith for their own selfish desires.

"....."

It was a word commonly used in the old days, when Heretic Inquisitors ran rampant and Religious Trials were commonplace.

Nowadays, it's only occasionally heard in the sermons and blessings of Priests.

Suddenly, the Holy Emperor's Court was heretical? The very heart of the Church of the Goddess, where the Holy Emperor, the high priest of all believers, resided?

If the center of the Denomination was heretical, it meant nothing less than the entire Denomination itself was problematic and needed to be completely overturned...