Personally speaking, I don't think Marie is all that bright if she thinks helping the next princess candidate will help her escape. Those types of girls will either continue to keep Marie by their side to continue using her or get rid of her if they find her abilities too threatening.
LOL, and I'm here for Rael too. Just to see where his character goes. Don't really ship the 2nd ML with Marie but I don't dislike their ship either.
@penguinslovesnow I'm, not sure how much real interaction Morina had with other princesses, but if she bases her assumption off how she herself acts, since she was, in fact, a princess then it's a sound plan. I imagine it will quickly fall apart as she meets the candidates and the candidates get pissed because she manages to accidentally steal their limelight.
@icarushector
She was basically the ideal kindhearted princess in her country while everyone else of nobility was pretty rotten if I remember correctly. In essence, she's far too optimistic regarding this, and it'll bite her in the butt later but it's not like I dislike her for it. In fact, I'm greatly anticipating it since I enjoy watching characters fuck up and flail around to reach their happy ending.