You can also see that they kinda side with MC, but were silenced by the crown prince soon after.Yeah, the onlookers are the most confusing party here. I mean one side has a random assortment of students and the other has the commander of the imperial police, the a renowned magic reseacher, and a knowable health teacher. Who'd truly believe the words of some rando students? The only reason anyone would stick with the prince in that situation would be hoping to curry favour with him.
And I think the slow, monthly(?) release schedule bites our asses with this arc. Once it's all done, or if one had the entire volume before them, I'd guess it reads much better.
I wonder about the king. The "there's nothing I can do about this" part.
Am I meant to think that the king would still side with the prince even after all this? So, that he's corrupt?
Or is this simply meant as in: "you're fucked son, good luck"?
Because I wonder. I mean, if the king is there's you'd THINK he would not want to make ALL the nobles angry with him. Since there's a very solid case building against his son, right here before all the young nobles of the realm, it seems suicidal to make them all angry.
Fact is, kings tend to fall when all the nobles think they'd be better off without them. And attacking a duchess for no reason is a very good way of making them angry. Cause "if it happened to a duchess it can happen to me as well" is a valid thought
The king isn't corrupt, but he is heavily biased toward his son.
The manga is quite different from the novel now, but even after the condemnation, the king tries to sweep everything under a rug, have his son being quiet for a while and even try to convince MC to marry him and accept the other girl as mistress.
Well it didn't work because all nobility rally being MC on that one.
You see the horns start playing after she says "take us down!"The Prince thought he was the hero, well buddy, this is the background music playing with the Queen's entrance.
Well, he tries, he thought that MC was still a pushover and he could play the sympathy card. He didn't realize MC changed, likes her father and brother at the start.So he is one of those idiots that think that just because they are the king they can do anything, completely ignoring the law (which, in a monarchy, is what makes them king).
It's a wonder he didn't get decapitated or something....
Dad kinda gives me "enabler" vibes for some reason. I kinda feel like he's part of the reason Prince Doucheington has turned out how he has.When moms angry not even dad can save you
That's something I always have to kind of remind myself of - the end goal of many a mangaka is to see their work put in volume form.Once it's all done, or if one had the entire volume before them, I'd guess it reads much better.