Moto Ansatsusha, Tensei Shite Kizoku no Reijou ni Narimashita - Ch. 31

[isoycrazy]

Aww, it looks like Aisha is buying her own rope to hang herself with. How sweet. Now the question will be once she embarrasses herself, will her lovely and devoted brother stay with her or drop her like a hot potato?

 

[pachingching]

lmao eyes and ears on the walls and shadows

 

[ArcLife]

Me thinks Alaban might be an M from those reactions lmao

 

[Slingerman]

Now those two boys have something to bond over: Wanting Serena to step on them!

Thanks for the scanlation, glad to see this series back.

 

[SunSun]

This series got bad habit of taking extended break when preparing new volume. This time it’s not even new volume.

Let’s see how long this group last doing the cursed series until real life caught up to them like the previous... 3 groups.

Not low-ranking, but just not important enough to bother.

Similar to Hayate’s explanation above.

Spoiler

Serena’s father does international business, so he put priority on international engagements. He did socialise, but not with his neighbours.
Serena’s mother is a recluse who doesn’t want to go to those mentally exhausting ladies gathering.

But network of allies are important because you can cover each other’s back, or coordinate to harass your enemies. They can also petition the king together.
In their view, if conflict breaks, Violets will have to defend themselves on their own. Normally, even a single ducal family won’t be able to do much if dozen of other lords make decisions that “happens to be harming” for the Violets. When the King have to be arbiter, he would rather cut off one ducal family rather than risking mutiny from many other territories.
They never expect the Violet’s influence abroad is enough to embargo their kingdom and this got nothing to do with their rank directly.

And their neutrality makes them difficult/not interesting as ally.
Just don’t bother them and they’re neither beneficial nor harmful.

Also, practically dukes aren’t always the most powerful.
Margraves (border guards) are allowed to amass powerful military force because they need to quickly respond to neighbour’s invasion. So they’re held in high regards. There are also earls who hold important national posts (such as minister).
Dukes’ can just be historical, such as being closest aides of the kingdom founder hero-king, or being relatives of the royal family (Narou type stories often use these kind of set up). But that’s just tradition, power map change with time.

Just wanted to add that historically, margraves usually had the right to hold land they win in battle. So their power is generally second only to the king.

 

[Willie29]

In terms of the lore surrounding that. Iirc…
From the novel

Spoiler

Their family is neutral in terms of factions. The reasons I believe why they are “low-ranking” is because they don’t interact much with the other noble families because of that neutrality and that whole issue of them adopting a commoner.

They basically stayed out of the whole first prince faction second prince faction mess for the most part.
It was only because MC’s somewhat dumb mom accepting her adopted daughter being engaged to the second prince at the time that caused the first prince to get close to MC. So that the family stays neutral. And that tense status quo happened until second prince lost his position and adopted daughter got sent to convenant.

Nobles in these settings have kind of social ranks based on who they have social and/or family ties with. Noble families knows who has ties with who and the whole complicated mess that is when it comes to alliances, feuds, etc. And since MC’s family refuses to do that, its mainly why they are considered “low ranking” because many would stupidly think that MC’s family was “too good” to mingle with the lower noble houses because they are a ducal family. Also another reason is because as a ducal family, adopted members are supposed to be from other noble houses by some kind of agreement between families or their own branch families. Not commoner children that one parent decides to adopt on the whim. So another reason for the “low ranking” since they adopted a commoner with no blood ties a noble family.

can't call that a spoiler at this poot unless people skip all the way to this chapter

 

[shadowhunter100]

One thing I've never quite grasped with this series: her family is a Ducal house, but everyone considers them low-ranking, despite being one of the wealthiest and most powerful in the country?

It's explored a bit in the LN. Her ducal family is in the leadership of foreign commerce - essentially "merchants" and supposedly "rarely" involve themselves in the internal politics of the kingdom. FYI, merchants were considered the lowest of low in the feudal age as they fell outside the 3 classes (nobility, peasants, and the clergy). So it was implied that her family "bought" their way into nobility or that they act in ways unbecoming of "nobility". That being said, I think we haven't seen religion playing a role yet in the story.
Serena's mother was noted to be very naive and "not-outgoing" (a trad wife without ambition of a low-profile, but high ranking noble). This is very noticeable if you pay attention to Serena's mom seemingly uninvolved in any noble gatherings/parties or events aside from her daughter(s) - but she couldn't/didn't even serve as chaperone. It was also hinted at that Serena's father is possibly far more than he lets on - after all, he got involved in the "succession" conflict the crown prince ran into.
Keep in mind most nobles do not make it to the rank of duke/duchess unless they have a direct tie to the royal monarch of their time. Serena's mom may actually be a figurative doll of a political tool that married into a dukedom because she was a low-risk political tool that wouldn't affect her father's agenda or act against the kingdom's interest. Except for that adopted daughter into the 2nd prince arranged marriage.

 

[Nijitori]

One thing I've never quite grasped with this series: her family is a Ducal house, but everyone considers them low-ranking, despite being one of the wealthiest and most powerful in the country?

If you’re a noble house, whether it’s a merchant or knight/ border control, other nobles, particularly ones who are envious and/or more storied, those kinds of houses are looked down upon for either being upstarts or ‘savages’ when in verse people think of nobles in this kind of story, the most ideal is the capital, glamorous, diplomatic paperwork type.

Someone who has earned or maintained or even uplifted their titles via business or trades or those who protect the borders, countryside, or even had participated in wars are seen as inhuman or bloodthirsty, despite the fact the majority risked life, limb and possibly sanity to defend the country against invaders or monsters.

 

[SirShotty]

This series got bad habit of taking extended break when preparing new volume. This time it’s not even new volume.

Let’s see how long this group last doing the cursed series until real life caught up to them like the previous... 3 groups.

Not low-ranking, but just not important enough to bother.

Similar to Hayate’s explanation above.

Spoiler

Serena’s father does international business, so he put priority on international engagements. He did socialise, but not with his neighbours.
Serena’s mother is a recluse who doesn’t want to go to those mentally exhausting ladies gathering.

But network of allies are important because you can cover each other’s back, or coordinate to harass your enemies. They can also petition the king together.
In their view, if conflict breaks, Violets will have to defend themselves on their own. Normally, even a single ducal family won’t be able to do much if dozen of other lords make decisions that “happens to be harming” for the Violets. When the King have to be arbiter, he would rather cut off one ducal family rather than risking mutiny from many other territories.
They never expect the Violet’s influence abroad is enough to embargo their kingdom and this got nothing to do with their rank directly.

And their neutrality makes them difficult/not interesting as ally.
Just don’t bother them and they’re neither beneficial nor harmful.

Also, practically dukes aren’t always the most powerful.
Margraves (border guards) are allowed to amass powerful military force because they need to quickly respond to neighbour’s invasion. So they’re held in high regards. There are also earls who hold important national posts (such as minister).
Dukes’ can just be historical, such as being closest aides of the kingdom founder hero-king, or being relatives of the royal family (Narou type stories often use these kind of set up). But that’s just tradition, power map change with time.

It’s something I noticed in a lot of these kinds of manga, they tend to use the modern concept of national identity which didn’t really exist in the feudal structure. Even you brought up that they didn’t have much local influence but realistically they would’ve still been seen as a powerful and sought after family despite that because they still have many powerful connections. Historically it wasn’t a foreign/domestic defined type relationship but more like:

1. your territory

2. the territory you have ties with.

3. the territories you don’t have ties with.

There’s a lot more complexity behind that but those three groups gets the gist across. A kingdom is not a nation and I wish so many writers would stop treating them as if they were.