Oof, I thought the concubine, mother of the second prince, might at least be more politically savvy than her son, but really she's exactly like him; she is an out of her depth fool with a short temper. She should have been trying to appease Serena in order to minimise the sentence on her son but...
I can't imagine how a tournament would ever replace large scale military training.
It's one thing to have a tournament as entertainment and to showcase individual swordsmanship but the requirements for war are very different. Just one example is that it is fought by armies - individuals...
Oof. Lucelia's plight just never ends. Now she's back to being stuck in that tree and she cannot even recall why as it apparently all happened while she was brainwashed.
As expected, no potion was used for Sil. It's interesting to know she can cast healing magic once she's back to her unlocked...
Well, I just started reading this and it is pretty enjoyable.
No idea how they're supposed to get out of this without casualties or rather getting completely wiped out.
I am a bit confused about what is going on as it isn't a straightforward situation. I did not expect this considering the setting.
On another note, on page 3, it seems a bit odd to say that that they are mobilizing "men" when the fighting force are actually women. That prompted me to go look up...