After dismissing Belem, Eric entered the Church.
Although Simone Scalas was extremely fawning toward them, Matilda had refused his invitation as a precaution.
She held no fondness for the city of Pisa and had no expectations of it for the time being. This was her first visit since she began to rule Tuscan, and the city had not yet earned her trust.
Matilda, Eric, and some of the Knights and Attendants from Canossa were staying in the Pisa Cathedral, while Belem and over a hundred Norman Knights were quartered in an inn within the city.
This Church was the seat of the Archbishop of Pisa. Matilda had long been one of the Cathedral's primary patrons, and the new Cathedral to be built was nominally a donation to the Archbishop of Pisa.
Friends can only be trusted when your interests are aligned—and even then, only to a point.
Once inside the Church, he walked along the cloister toward the chapel.
