Form of government dialogue


 * Prince Yuu has a different mother from Prince Rod and Prince Sein.
 * Prince Rod's and Prince Sein's mother was a princess of the neighboring country, Appalachia.
 * She passed away shortly after the birth of Sein.
 * This impacted Sein's personality deeply.
 * Prince Yuu's mother, Queen Lishe, was originally a cardinal of the Spirit Church.
 * In a direct comparison to Catholicism, this world's religion allows women to assume influential positions within the church.
 * In addition, it is common for women in this world for women to be stronger than men in terms of spiritual and mystical powers.
 * As a result, women will tend to hold more positional power than men.
 * Rei mentions the Pope for the first time, who happens to be a women.
 * Due to Prince Yuu's familial connection, this causes Church influence to mix with Royalty.
 * Initially, King Rousseau intended to utilize the power of the Church as it was gaining influence.
 * The Church approached the Royalty in the same fashion but ended up stronger overall.
 * Prince Yuu is deemed to be the catalyst in this power grab.
 * Immediately after Lene's explanation from the previous chapter, Claire dismisses the idea of Prince Yuu working against royalty.
 * Prince Yuu comes across as a light-hearted prince but Rei admits that it's a façade to hide an incredibly cunning side of himself.
 * Rei reasons that Yuu's complex position wouldn't allow him to converse carelessly with the commoner activists.
 * Almost immediately, Prince Yuu admits to meeting with them.
 * He admits that they were asking for support from the Church to which he refused.
 * He states that because the Church advocates for the people, he doesn't have much to add.
 * In this case, he was in a position where he had to talk to them either way.
 * Rei asks for confirmation that Prince Yuu is with Royalty rather than the Church.
 * Prince Yuu states that is correctly the official stance.
 * Despite that, Queen Lishe's former position as a cardinal is still puts her as a major influential figure for the Church.
 * He continues to insist that there's no conflict of interest however.
 * He could have used that as a precedent to avoid the meeting but he didn't want to go that route.
 * While Claire asks if Prince Yuu is thinking correctly, he counters Claire with the value of equality.
 * Claire believes that the aristocracy is important to running the country.
 * Additionally, the resources used to teach and prepare nobles puts them in the best position to do so.
 * Yuu believes that commoners can rise to that same level.
 * Counters that education available to all will prepare similarly skilled people.
 * Rei admits that Yuu's thinking similarly resembles the democracies she remembers.
 * Claire is at a loss of words to Yuu's responses.
 * Yuu believes that aristocratic systems will eventually phase out.
 * In terms of Revolution, Yuu asks point blank about what would happen if Commoners seriously rebelled.
 * Claire, in her disbelief, responds that the military would stop it.
 * While Yuu appears calm in the discussion, Claire is visibly emotional.
 * Yuu brings up how magic has become the equalizer in terms of power.
 * The larger number of commoners only helps in this case.
 * In addition, the nobles rely monetarily on the commoners.
 * If they reject paying tributes, Yuu questions what justifies nobility.
 * Claire leaves the conversation shaken in her beliefs and Rei changes the subject by mentioning eating.
 * Yuu enters and leaves the conversation with the same demeanor whether it was talking about politics or food.
 * Rei follows up with Claire about what they just discussed.
 * Claire asks Rei if she believes Yuu is correct.
 * Rei states that she isn't sure but surprises Claire that she would serve her regardless.
 * Rei also adds that she would do it out of love.
 * Claire believes her to be joking and doesn't take her seriously.
 * While eating, Claire comments how Rei is ordering the same food again.
 * Attempting to play it down, Claire mentions that Rei orders it all the time and it would be natural to memorize the pattern.
 * Rei uses it as another opportunity to flirt.
 * Rei reaffirms that however things change, she will always protect Claire.
 * Claire was going to respond as usual but Rei's serious look catches her off guard.
 * Rei leads her to the dining hall line while Claire has a despondent look on her face.

Next: Shopping

Previous: Quarrels sprouting