Many thanks to
@Zephyrus for straightening things out! You mods are the best!
I'm really excited for the Canaria-Gracie combo. Gracie by herself is basically unstoppable, but with Canaria planting a thought seed + her influence as the prince's consort, they'd be formidable together.
And yeah, I think the timeline's completely diverged at this point. IIRC, the original novel ended once Cesar returned from the war and married Gracie? Granted, we don't know the aftermath of the OG story, but now that he's returned a year earlier than scheduled, there's bound to be some scheming behind the scenes. Maybe the Empress will start using Canaria as a hostage to gain some power over Cesar, since it's pretty obvious that he finished the war quickly to return to her...