Pats
[Pats shoulder] I know how you feel. For me, it's manners, customs, and law. I'll spare you my rant. I would be happy, though, if just once, the characters didn't eat or drink with their gloves on.
Am I the only one annoyed by the fact that, with the tower descending and men about to die, she took the time to change her clothes? And what was the emperor doing as she skimmed out of her empress clothes into fighting clothes? I know, I know, magical clothing changes are a staple of shoujo.
I don't think this is the way the plot will go, but what if she really is Elizabeth? ie, she's trying to escape an oppressive older brother and forced marriage by running away, then pretending to be someone else when she was caught? The maid would have to be in on it as the only person who...