I figure he's too greedy and too drunk on his own power and it made him stupid. If he understood all the ways in which Lulac and the Lombardis were superior to him, he wouldn't be doing this. He must have thought he could make Lulac submit to him publicly and get something from the Queen in one...
We were shown in the Prologue that Tia actually did become the Matriarch of the Lombardi before Perez became king. Unless the official translation made a mistake :/
I was under the impression that Lady Sershaw (who gave Gallaghan the Cheshire territory) was the head of Sershaw, hence they had no problems so far? What happened to her?
And since Gallaghan's mother was a Sershaw, doesn't that make them all cousins? I hope they will forge an alliance moving...
The queen is unhinged, no wonder Perez was able to single-handedly take her down in Tia's previous life.
Also, is Perez about to figure out Tia's connection to Pellet?
Idk, I kinda like Sho now. I don't think he deserves to be part of Kyoko's life in any way, but I'd like to see him finding a partner who whips him into shape, maybe get some just deserts.