Thanks for the update! This series always has me on the edge of my seat. There's quite a bit of timeskips and with them, sometimes character motivations change, or start to reveal themselves in unexpected ways. It really gives you a sense of the political dangers that they had to navigate even...
Context time! The manga doesn't explain this, but the act of the monks carrying Mikoshi into the city while rioting is basically weaponising their religion.
The Mikoshi are portable shrines that are said to house the deity/deities. Today we see them being used in processions to transport the...
Sorry, but she is being absolutely ridiculous about it. You should never place so much of an emotional burden on your own child. Lihen's daughter clearly loves her, but she also wanted her to live her own life. Now Lihen is just using her daughter as an emotional crutch and what's that going to...