Risou no Himo Seikatsu - Vol. 16 Ch. 66 - The Seed Passed Down

[NotSomeone]

I refuse to fucking believe that Lucrezia actually fell in love with Zenjirou. There was never a development like with Freya where she fell for him because of his character and how he treated her as an equal. Jfc I really hope she doesn't become a concubine.

I don't believe she really did. Like this chapter explains she wants the regain her position wich she lost because she can't use magic properly.
Maybe the blushing and "feelings" talk was them trying to appeal to Freya's heart or making their intentions seem more pure than they really are, remember that the Twin Kingdoms REALLY want Lucrezia to be Zenjirou's concubine.

Then again, she's naive (she looks like a teen? I don't remember her age) and maybe her feelings of rivalry with the other girls (Making Zenjirou something she and others really want) COULD get mixed in her head...

 

[jrocker]

Interesting that Freya still isn't loved by Zenjiro. I get he still has the whole monogamy thing but he did accept her himself so it should be he has some feelings that I hope either continue or grow to be more real. I'm a big fan of the political manuevering in this story so I'm hopeful that we can get more but its too slice of life for a serious war to break out.

I also don't really love the whole Lucrezia thing but it makes sense they are trying to force it on the MC while he has been rejecting the others. Does anyone know how many people end up in his royal harem or is it just the 2 we have?

 

[isoycrazy]

Things are getting interesting.

Thanks for the translation.

 

[FANNYMAN231]

Don't get me wrong: everything so far has been interesting and enjoyable... but i feel like we're further and further away from the easy-going isekai that was promised to us on the tin.

We've long since passed that route, which I think is for the better; there wouldn't be much going on with an easy life isekai that was first presented. We can still have glimpses of it as down time, but since people are receptive to the political intrigue, it will continue on with that in mind.

 

[Bibliothecarius]

Thnks for the chapter!

 

[savris]

Heh, I knew this they were going to try to use this deal and try to shoehorn in this lucrezia, this eager little chihuahua into our boi's harem... Not looking forward to see more of her 🤷‍♂️

 

[SnowMexican1]

what the fuck is even the goal here?
they want to instigate a diplomatic break between the northern church and Upsala. but for what gain? making sure that Capua does not get northern technology, because Upsala may get destroyed worst case? but they want to get marbles, which they can only get from Capua? I doubt Aura will be happy about the weaking/destruction of their northern partner.
they are hoping for trade, but they are aware that this may cause a war between north and south AND they know the south is less technologically advanced.
they are gambling the peace of several countries for what? faint hopes of also getting a northern trade route? they could have just send a ship north in hopes of achieving trade that way... (and if your ship technology is lacking then just spend money on research).
this all seems like dice rolling veiled as diplomatic chess play.

For future insurance. They're trying to nip the bud before it grows. Make preparations before war breaks out, to ensure that should a conflict breaks out. Uppsala would side with the Southern continent. Its a logical and valid tactic. I doubt they want Uppsala to fall since they (I think) are one of the few nations that the Church holds less influence in. Thus are the only ally they have that has better technology.

And for the peace point. When it comes to religion. What we know of the northern religion is that they'll be very hostile with the southern nations because the Church worships dragons, and the South hunts, uses and tames the dragon species. It is very logical for them to assume that the Northern church will either come to conquer or trade. And whichever one is profitiable they'll do.

 

[xyzzy]

At this point, I’ve lost track of the characters and factions in this political epic. I’ll probably watch the anime to get reacquainted.

Funny as hell for those of us who started reading for having sex with buxom brown waifu and didn’t know politics was on the menu

 

[dereth]

Nowhere in their explanation have they shown to be antagonistic to the Capua kingdom

I'm pretty sure that setting up your neighbour to be your meat shield while you sit back and safely play support instead of actively participating in the war is pretty antagonistic behaviour. At the very least, I would immediately mark as hostile anyone that did such a thing to me.

 

[Nemo2342]

I'm enjoying all the 5D chess moves, even if my head is spinning.

 

[CapnAndy]

I refuse to fucking believe that Lucrezia actually fell in love with Zenjirou. There was never a development like with Freya where she fell for him because of his character and how he treated her as an equal. Jfc I really hope she doesn't become a concubine.

She’s not, she’s in love with the idea of him. Being the concubine of someone who thinks independent women are a natural and praiseworthy thing, let alone one who is royalty and would give her enough status to be able to reclaim her birth family, is her absolute best case scenario.

And on that topic, I never get tired of Lucy badly playing games against masters in the art and getting slapped down every time. She’s so bad at this that it’s endearing and I want Zenjirou to keep her for comic relief.

She can hang around the Inner Palace and pout that Zenjirou won’t sleep with her for some reason while Aura and Freya bat her back and forth, it’ll be great.

 

[radstylix]

I'm suddenly in the mood for some Crusader Kings 2, DEUS VULT

 

[Nunally]

what the fuck is even the goal here?
they want to instigate a diplomatic break between the northern church and Upsala. but for what gain? making sure that Capua does not get northern technology, because Upsala may get destroyed worst case? but they want to get marbles, which they can only get from Capua? I doubt Aura will be happy about the weaking/destruction of their northern partner.
they are hoping for trade, but they are aware that this may cause a war between north and south AND they know the south is less technologically advanced.
they are gambling the peace of several countries for what? faint hopes of also getting a northern trade route? they could have just send a ship north in hopes of achieving trade that way... (and if your ship technology is lacking then just spend money on research).
this all seems like dice rolling veiled as diplomatic chess play.

Its simple, like Sun Tzu said: wage war with closer nation, made diplomatic relation with farther nation.
In this case, Twin Kingdom ancestor hailed from people who northern church persecute. In short if northern church know that there is relation between Twin kingdom & Upsala, there is a chance they will hesitate to attack Twin kingdom, for fear of backstabbing.

 

[CapnAndy]

I'm pretty sure that setting up your neighbour to be your meat shield while you sit back and safely play support instead of actively participating in the war is pretty antagonistic behaviour. At the very least, I would immediately mark as hostile anyone that did such a thing to me.

That’s not what they’re doing at all. The Northern countries coming south will happen, and when it does, they’ll either come to trade or invade.

So priority one is to demonstrate, via Uppsala, that trade is the lucrative and correct choice. But they need to plan for an invasion too, just in case.

If the war started tomorrow, it would be the Northern Church nations vs. Capua. Capua would be isolated, lose, and then from that beachhead, Sharowa-Jilbel would be easy pickings. So that’s not the war they want. What they want to do is cut off Uppsala from the other Northern nations (they don’t know it’s already on the outs with the church), have the Uppsala and Capua alliance go through, and make a Capuan alliance of their own via Lucy. If they can get all of that in place quickly enough, the North would be facing the prospect of a two front war with Uppsala on one side and Capua and Sharowa-Jilbel on the other. Which is a much dicier proposition, and makes war a lot less likely (and trade, therefore, likelier).

Their plan is to engineer events so that they can actively participate. From a purely self-interested standpoint, of course, but such is politics. They want to be able to help Capua.

 

[AnotherDuck]

We've long since passed that route,

I don't think we were ever on that route from the start. Very early on he realised that his life wouldn't remain that slow, and he was slowly going to get more and more involved in politics. His initial agreement with Aura took that into account.

Funny as hell for those of us who started reading for having sex with buxom brown waifu and didn’t know politics was on the menu

For me it's the other way around. I almost stopped reading at that point.

And on that topic, I never get tired of Lucy badly playing games against masters in the art and getting slapped down every time. She’s so bad at this that it’s endearing and I want Zenjirou to keep her for comic relief.

I agree with that. She's a refreshing contrast to the rest of the subtle political games.

So priority one is to demonstrate, via Uppsala, that trade is the lucrative and correct choice. But they need to plan for an invasion too, just in case.

In some ways it's the same plan. If they can show they're ready for an invasion, the invasion is less likely to happen.

If the war started tomorrow, it would be the Northern Church nations vs. Capua. Capua would be isolated, lose, and then from that beachhead, Sharowa-Jilbel would be easy pickings.

If that actually happened, chances are S-J would send aid regardless, especially if that would make it harder for the Church to invade them later. But a more solid and visible alliance would be much better at preventing it in the first place.

 

[deathmailrock]

Please not this girl.... add sexier ladies to the harem....

 

[WhimsiCat]

At this point, I’ve lost track of the characters and factions in this political epic. I’ll probably watch the anime to get reacquainted.

Funny as hell for those of us who started reading for having sex with buxom brown waifu and didn’t know politics was on the menu

To be fair he noticed pretty quickly that Aura's proposal to him was politically motivated (she didn't want to give power to any of the existing relatives of the royal family, thus bringing him who's got no political leaning in Capua. It's not like he has OP magic power)

But ideal booba wife > salaryman life.

 

[eng1]

And people were telling me how the twin kingdoms is cautious of Capua and not the church. No doubts now

what the fuck is even the goal here?
they want to instigate a diplomatic break between the northern church and Upsala. but for what gain? making sure that Capua does not get northern technology, because Upsala may get destroyed worst case? but they want to get marbles, which they can only get from Capua? I doubt Aura will be happy about the weaking/destruction of their northern partner.
they are hoping for trade, but they are aware that this may cause a war between north and south AND they know the south is less technologically advanced.
they are gambling the peace of several countries for what? faint hopes of also getting a northern trade route? they could have just send a ship north in hopes of achieving trade that way... (and if your ship technology is lacking then just spend money on research).
this all seems like dice rolling veiled as diplomatic chess play.

The goal is this, notice how they asked Freya about the weapon? They were effectively hinting that your weapons are superior to southern ones, how about importing them?

They want to make Capua kingdom stronger to be able to fight off the church if they invade. In the meantime, they will make Upsala richer and create a rift between the northern countries. This would mean the church would either invade Upsala first, or may find it too much a hassle and prefer to have trade rather than invade. Especially if Upsala imports lowers the cost due to the artifact

They are also trying to get Capua to mass produce the orbs so it ups their power

Lastly, they are working on having her be wed into Capua. The reason is likely one of the two. First possibility is if they make Capua stronger, they want to insure peace between them. With zenjirou and her being from the kingdom, strong blood ties would discourage war and maybe eventually have them become the triple kingdom. The other possibility is they want her to steal the orb production method. More than likely like her sister she is good at crafting

They don't care about the trade route at all. They want to prevent a southern invasion

 

[Baddtraxx]

🅱️oliticianz

 

[IJustReadEverything]

Man, they’re really not buying that zenjirou is committed to one woman. Like he’s from a different world so they should know he has different standards. But i guess royal society trumps that.

Also, didn’t Zenjirou just promise himself not to get fooled by this kingdom again? Wondering how he’ll turn the tables on this one.