Chapter 865 - 19. The Burning Istel River (Part 9)_3

The carefully considered proposal was nearly flawless. Logically speaking, as a religious organization, it was right and proper to protect the faithful. Moreover, irrespective of whether their efforts were adequate, among the reasons Ymir had for initiating a "holy war" there was always a phrase like "to protect those who revere the one true Orthodox faith." The citizens of the Crown Domain were not heretical Protestants. Starting with Istvan I, the bearer of the Holy Apostle King's title, the sacred crown, and the Cyril double-crossed orb, this land had been one of the regions with the strongest Orthodox faith. To let these devout believers suffer oppression was something the Church could not justify, both emotionally and rationally.