No sooner has Rozemyne’s fourth year at the Royal Academy begun than she ends up somewhere unexpected. How will the saint respond when an incident in Ahrensbach leaves everyone else feeling defeated?
I wonder what’s up with Letizia being “invited” to the Lanzenave estate and getting sweets and toys from Leonzio, without Detlinde going through the roof.
At first I thought that Leonzio was also drugging the girl, but she shows no sign of infatuation with him, changed behaviour, or gaps in her memory, so I think that guy is only using the gifts to get closer to her, but hasn’t escalated to chemical warfare with her (at least not yet).
What really surprises me however, is how Detlinde isn’t just allowing it, but actively enabling her sweetheart giving another female gifts.
Does that mean she’s in on whatever Leonzio is trying, or is she just so high on whatever Leonzio is giving her that she’s just doing as he says without resisting or complaining anymore.
Or could the happy drugs he’s giving her, make forget all about how much she hated Letizia just a few weeks earlier and she’s inviting her, because there is no one else she can bully into sharing her happiness with her, no one who has high enough status for her to consider taking along anyway?
Probably just good politics as a contingency plan.
If Letizia is known to be in line for the Aub position in Ahrensbach then it’d be valuable for them to be on good terms with her. Detlinde being so… incompetent… is useful for manipulating her, but there’s always the risk she gets executed and Lanzenave would lose any position they had if they had all their eggs in that basket.
Come to think of it, Leonzio might not know that Detlinde intends to elevate one of her closer relatives to Aub, once she’s Queen, so he might think that Letizia is going to be the future Aub Ahrensbach, even if his plan succeeds.
But that still begs the question, rather than throwing one of her usual tantrums, is actively inviting Letizia to get buttered up by her sweetheart.
I would love it, if his plan is to make Detlinde queen, marry her, use his new position to copy her Grutrissheit and then have her suffer a tragic accident, after which he mournfully takes the place of his wife, as the Zent, complete with Grutrissheit.
I also can’t help but wonder, if Georgine truly lost her ability to reign Detlinde in, or if that’s just a very convincing show, primarily for Ferdinand’s benefit and she’s actually fully part of whatever Leonzio is doing (or more likely the other way around).
I’d also like to know if Martina is still her retainer, or if she’s one of the “sensible” ones that got fired over daring to try to keep Detlinde away from her own doom. I’m not particualrly sympathetic toward her, but I think Aurelia would be sad, if her sister were to come to harm (which she most likely will, if she’s still Detlinde’s retainer when things inevitably go boom).
It’s entirely possible that Letizia getting to meet was something Leonzio suggested to Detlinde.
As for Georgine I have to imagine she’s cunning enough to manipulate Detlinde some times, but based on what we’ve seen Detlinde is more guided than controlled. There’s probably plenty that she’s done beyond what Georgine might have wanted.
I wonder what’s up with Letizia being “invited” to the Lanzenave estate and getting sweets and toys from Leonzio, without Detlinde going through the roof.
At first I thought that Leonzio was also drugging the girl, but she shows no sign of infatuation with him, changed behaviour, or gaps in her memory, so I think that guy is only using the gifts to get closer to her, but hasn’t escalated to chemical warfare with her (at least not yet).
What really surprises me however, is how Detlinde isn’t just allowing it, but actively enabling her sweetheart giving another female gifts.
Does that mean she’s in on whatever Leonzio is trying, or is she just so high on whatever Leonzio is giving her that she’s just doing as he says without resisting or complaining anymore.
Or could the happy drugs he’s giving her, make forget all about how much she hated Letizia just a few weeks earlier and she’s inviting her, because there is no one else she can bully into sharing her happiness with her, no one who has high enough status for her to consider taking along anyway?
Probably just good politics as a contingency plan. If Letizia is known to be in line for the Aub position in Ahrensbach then it’d be valuable for them to be on good terms with her. Detlinde being so… incompetent… is useful for manipulating her, but there’s always the risk she gets executed and Lanzenave would lose any position they had if they had all their eggs in that basket.
Come to think of it, Leonzio might not know that Detlinde intends to elevate one of her closer relatives to Aub, once she’s Queen, so he might think that Letizia is going to be the future Aub Ahrensbach, even if his plan succeeds.
But that still begs the question, rather than throwing one of her usual tantrums, is actively inviting Letizia to get buttered up by her sweetheart.
I would love it, if his plan is to make Detlinde queen, marry her, use his new position to copy her Grutrissheit and then have her suffer a tragic accident, after which he mournfully takes the place of his wife, as the Zent, complete with Grutrissheit.
I also can’t help but wonder, if Georgine truly lost her ability to reign Detlinde in, or if that’s just a very convincing show, primarily for Ferdinand’s benefit and she’s actually fully part of whatever Leonzio is doing (or more likely the other way around).
I’d also like to know if Martina is still her retainer, or if she’s one of the “sensible” ones that got fired over daring to try to keep Detlinde away from her own doom. I’m not particualrly sympathetic toward her, but I think Aurelia would be sad, if her sister were to come to harm (which she most likely will, if she’s still Detlinde’s retainer when things inevitably go boom).
It’s entirely possible that Letizia getting to meet was something Leonzio suggested to Detlinde.
As for Georgine I have to imagine she’s cunning enough to manipulate Detlinde some times, but based on what we’ve seen Detlinde is more guided than controlled. There’s probably plenty that she’s done beyond what Georgine might have wanted.