Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami - Vol. 3 Ch. 25

[Vasqueztion]

@Kucai I dunno man, those dead eyes mixed with "let's get rid of the military" totally give off the feeling of enemy honeytrap saboteur. If she were just a "I don't want to be a slumrat because I'm cute" she wouldn't be pushing charity parties to that extent.

Also, this is a good point

come one? is there no king or what?

Where exactly is he at? Is he sick or something? There's a Queen, we know that much. If I were the head of the kingdom and my son and his shit-tier waifu were undermining my authority, I'd either slap his shit or disown him; as kings of the past tend to do when things like this happened. Granted, Bern is only telling his father and the Knight General the trashcan and her bitchboi plan to do. One would assume after he takes control. But with the coffers running dry, you have to cut off the useless spending. And 'presents' isn't exactly up there on the 'keep' list. EDIT: Answered while writing

 

[derpdederp]

cucked by a thot and betrayed his onee-san. kys bern.

 

[greatninja3]

THOT alert

 

[Kucai]

@Vasqueztion
According to WN

Spoiler

She simply jealous of Iris who has all the things she doesnt. She feels that with her looks, she should be given a better life and as such worked hard to get there and also wanted to see Iris downfall. As for the disband of army, probably because the country is currently not at war (Though no peace was ever signed with Towair) so she thinks the army as unnecessary. Since her goal is to one day rule over the country, she needs all the powerful people on her side and the love of the people (mostly those in the capital) so some publicity stunt like this helps. Though her plan somewhat backfired when the pope is removed from power thus removing Van as the candidate for the next pope, she coldly ignores Van afterwards since he is of no use to her already.

 

[Vasqueztion]

@Kucai
I get you. But the same can be used in regards of her being from an enemy territory. She can be from the slums still, she can hate Iris for having everything she didn't still. But, in this instance, it would also explain her distorted expression and her desire to remove the military at the same time. Plus, her desire for control over the kingdom could also be used as a motive of an enemy state.

Well, like you said before, we won't know in till more is revealed. And, since this is a manga, some things may be changed. WHO KNOWS.

 

[Kucai]

@Vasqueztion
This is a little deeper in the WN story

Spoiler

This is what I get for her backstory
Her mom is the actual spy/honeytrap send to cause the kingdom to fall. But at some point fell in love with a noble and have a child with him (Yuri). Her mother later was chased out by the noble wife and she lives her life in the slum with Yuri. A guy named Reuben who is Yuri's mother partner found them but was told off by Yuri's mother. Yuri who sought a better life, meet with this Reuben guy and learn all about honey trapping. After her mother dies (Which she vows not to end up like her) the noble send people to find her and her plan was put in motion.
By my guess, she may or may not being used by this Reuben guy. It seems like it will benefit him more rather than Yuri if she succeed in her plan. So yes, the story is lot lot lot deeper than the what you guys think

 

[CountryMage]

I read that spoiler before, and i'm now up to ch 46 in the wn.

Spoiler

The girl's backstory has too many holes, it fits if they are spies, the mother was originally stationed in the castle, she moved out to the house of the noble she fell for, and disappeared after getting pregnant, never to be seen again, despite all the efforts put in to find her. It's also highly unlikely for a lost child to be found in such a setting after being orphaned, she would have needed to make herself be found, and that's probably where her mysterious relative came in.

As for whether she is maliciously undermining the country, or is just a ditzy money hungry thot. Iris puts it best when she explains that if calculated, all this undermines the kingdom, weakens their defenses, and wins Yuri the love of the common people (mostly just Yuri). It's too much to be a coincidence.

 

[ChronicleKey]

There is still the first prince. I don't think he will let the army be disbanded.

 

[Fuko]

In the olden times, big armies were formed only when there was a war. Because it costs money, they are disbanded at peace time

 

[Memi]

I always picture otome protagonists to be loveable doormats who are not good at self-expression and gets bullied for it, so seeing "that" acting cheerful and proactively feeding the heroes what they want to hear made me sick a little.

 

[hensin3]

well now I understand how every harem and reverse harem MC is actually the real antagonist.

 

[GruntZone360]

Haha Do I smell a rebellion brewing?

 

[mahtan]

Yuri seems to be an agent from some other country, Tawair?, send there to fuck the country up. Off course that "disband the military" does seem the kind of thing a stupid airhead girl would sugest if the country is "peacefull" but;...

 

[Arvadiel]

I'm scared no, wait, that seems to be an understatement.
* clears throat *
I am TERRIFIED by that individual called YURI

She has all those MEN dancing in her PALM except for dear Bern whose strings were recently removed
The way she speaks in my HEAD is making my guts SQUIRM and my instincts say
LET'S JETPACK AWAY

huee help me

 

[jackty89]

@Fuko Thats not true at all, you should really look into the Roman army :), most countries have some "standing" army that, also a lot of nobles have their own knights/mercenaries

 

[Primula]

More and more people seeing Otome games in a new light .... LOL....

Yuri "Lets invite the head of the company to a party"
*enter Iris*
Yuri "WHY IRIS HERE!!!"

which will bound to happen if it continue as planned.

but awww the release slowing down but I guess we can't rush our CH and/or "New"Jap Translators

 

[Fuko]

@jackty89 rome was always at war

 

[Youn0]

That face tho. "Some people just want to watch the world burn."

 

[Owyn]

Yuri: - and if they don't like the increased tax, lets skin them alive and serve their guts to their children
Prince: - what a great idea! You're such a smart girl, Yuri!
Bern: - WTF?!

 

[Equilibrium]

If you want peace, prepare for war.
Every country in the history had some level of preparedness, be it levy or a standing army.

Fuko: that's just half true, Rome was an aggressive expansionist because that's what kept it stable,
for a really long period Rome could support all it's expenditures from looting, it's armies inflated by recruits from previously conquered regions.
The first real standing army was the black army funnily based on the Roman legion, but in early renaissance style.