Baby Prisoner of the Winter Castle - Vol. 1 Ch. 2

[MangaDex]

 

[jhs_reika]

The duke's aide already knew that the people of Sheridan will fall in love when she's 18 years old.
Like it's pre-ordained.
Inevitable.
It. Will. Happen.
Undoubtably.
Absolutely.
Even though he knew nothing about her personality and what she's gonna grew up to be!

Princess' Cute attack was very effective!

 

[riflow]

Gosh whatever happens in the ending I hope it involves dethroning that vile emperor.

Thanks for the tl!

 

[Kaarme]

That empire isn't going to last long anyway. Apparently all it does is use the stick, without knowing how to use the carrot. The young bastard daughter of the defeated king could be used for propaganda purposes to make the empire's rule over the conquered land more legitimate. Instead, the emperor and his people can only think of killing her, either immediately or when she turns 18. Considering how she was treated by her family, it's doubtful any lingering nobles could use her for anything much in a rebellion. What would they say? "The empire is so evil they didn't execute this little kid! They must be brought down!"

 

[NicholasTurner]

The door at the end is on backwards. the doorknob is on the inside of the door next to the hinges.

 

[Pokari]

You know I'm pretty sure the people writing that law banning the death penalty for children wouldn't have meant "you just need to delay the execution until they're of age", my dudes. >.>;

Of course, the only law enforcement against the emperor here seems to be "the duke thinks it'd be bad to break the law", so I'm not clear what they even have laws for.

(...In other news, it's fascinating to me that the aide understands a bit about human nature unlike the duke, but his conclusion from that understanding is "we should kill her immediately before we grow a conscience". What does it say when you're thinking "Oh my god, we'll be in so much trouble if we start having any morals"...?)

 

[tomonoshi]

Mr aide knows whats up

 

[zephyrnepres]

You know I'm pretty sure the people writing that law banning the death penalty for children wouldn't have meant "you just need to delay the execution until they're of age", my dudes. >.>;

Of course, the only law enforcement against the emperor here seems to be "the duke thinks it'd be bad to break the law", so I'm not clear what they even have laws for.

(...In other news, it's fascinating to me that the aide understands a bit about human nature unlike the duke, but his conclusion from that understanding is "we should kill her immediately before we grow a conscience". What does it say when you're thinking "Oh my god, we'll be in so much trouble if we start having any morals"...?)

the aide saying "it would have been better if you just killed her now" is not necessarily him desperately wanting to kill her before they get affectionate, but it is likely the belief that raising her kindly til she's of age and then cruelly murdering her in cold blood is worse than just putting her out of her misery now, which is in a way true. killing her before she really understands love and becomes attached to her future killers and viceversa may be a kindness, and growing up with her impending death looming over her would be a torturous experience for someone who clearly wants to live

i think him comparing the two evils is a different matter from his belief that they shouldn't raise her in the castle as their own, that could very well be other ways to raise her til she's 18 without personally stepping in, so long as he kills her when she is 18 as vowed to the king other places should work

realistically, the king wants her dead. his charge also wants her dead. from his perspective there is basically nothing he can do for her. i think his statements are very reasonable from a morality perspective

 

[Pokari]

the aide saying "it would have been better if you just killed her now" is not necessarily him desperately wanting to kill her before they get affectionate, but it is likely the belief that raising her kindly til she's of age and then cruelly murdering her in cold blood is worse than just putting her out of her misery now, which is in a way true. killing her before she really understands love and becomes attached to her future killers and viceversa may be a kindness, and growing up with her impending death looming over her would be a torturous experience for someone who clearly wants to live

I'm sorry, but—speaking, indeed, as someone who's very attached to living—that seems like sophistic nonsense to me

For those of us that "clearly want to live", "living with impending death looming" is nonetheless still distinctly better than death actual. The fear of death does not, for those inclined to live, somehow become worse than dying.

If at any point one who was previously inclined to live, later decides that the emotional baggage of living under duress has become worse than living, of their own accord, that becomes another story, but so long as she hasn't...

Those whom a quicker execution of an unwilling person would be "kinder" for, are solely the people who would survive it.