Shermans advanced on the soft grass, leaving shallow footprints, his pace slow enough for Yage, who was leaning on a cane, to keep up with him.
"But it seems he failed, otherwise he would have returned here long ago."
Shermans said somewhat regretfully.
No one wants to leave their homeland, or rather, once they leave, they never return. He was the same. Miguel once remarked about him, saying Shermans was the most unambitious Cardinal, only wishing to stay in that sacred church until he died, and it would be even better if he could be buried alongside the Popes of past generations.
Shermans rarely rebutted this, nor did he ever express his thoughts aloud.
After all, the so-called Cardinal is just a believer in power, so what's wrong with being a believer who is devout until death?
He couldn't understand, nor did he understand why power was so enticing, enough to make Miguel still try to oppose the new Pope to this day.
