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To clarify his position, Rudy's not quite a contender for the house, just that he has a small claim to aristocracy. Whilst he could be used as a political bargaining chip due to his lineage and relationship with Sauros prior to the Calamity, his claim to the entire house isn't very strong as a whole due to Paul having (presumably) left his house to go adventuring. Additionally, you can't really blame him for not wanting to join the aristocracy given that they just executed Sauros for no logical reason. So that's a big factor in the reason why he's not even considering becoming a proper noble, even if he may have the lineage.
And for anyone arguing the incest angle, I can see that you would consider incest to be bad due to its long-term negative effects on the gene pool. However, it's important to note that Rudy and Eris are nowhere near close cousins. Both come from different branches of the family, so there's really no significant blood relation at all. As you can see from the family chart in the chapter itself, Rudy isn't even directly related to Sauros, let alone Eris. From a psychological perspective, the two haven't really been raised as siblings or family either, given their initial teacher/student relationship, so there's no real physical or psychological incest involved here. Incest is also fairly appropriate for the time period anyway, so those issues are really just nitpicking.
To clarify his position, Rudy's not quite a contender for the house, just that he has a small claim to aristocracy. Whilst he could be used as a political bargaining chip due to his lineage and relationship with Sauros prior to the Calamity, his claim to the entire house isn't very strong as a whole due to Paul having (presumably) left his house to go adventuring. Additionally, you can't really blame him for not wanting to join the aristocracy given that they just executed Sauros for no logical reason. So that's a big factor in the reason why he's not even considering becoming a proper noble, even if he may have the lineage.
And for anyone arguing the incest angle, I can see that you would consider incest to be bad due to its long-term negative effects on the gene pool. However, it's important to note that Rudy and Eris are nowhere near close cousins. Both come from different branches of the family, so there's really no significant blood relation at all. As you can see from the family chart in the chapter itself, Rudy isn't even directly related to Sauros, let alone Eris. From a psychological perspective, the two haven't really been raised as siblings or family either, given their initial teacher/student relationship, so there's no real physical or psychological incest involved here. Incest is also fairly appropriate for the time period anyway, so those issues are really just nitpicking.