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I still don't understand why you have to think like that. You are in a win win situation already.
Solus should punch your head in.
Monarchy can have be as dictatory as the worst dictatorships or as democratic as the best democracies. It is a spectrum, like any other system of power. An example of a bad political decision, or circumstance would be having Mirim part of a special ops. This limited her political influence, when as the Queen's best ally they could have elevated her to a top position in the military and with her marquee she would have been a powerhouse.
Lich powers didn't activate.
The worst thing a monarchy could have is a democratic government. If they had absolute power like a monarchy should they would have cleaned up their court. Scratch that, if they had even a shred of bravery their court would be spotless. Just use excuses to demote the dummer ones and use connections to give easy missions to, and promote the smarter ones. Instead you have a family of geniuses, in comparison to the court, like the Verhens doing absolutely heroic things and being 100 000km from the court.
if he wasn't reincarnated, kinda.
Elina about to become covered.
OH MY GOODNESS.
If her version of intelligence is empowering her children to make the worst decisions ever then she might just be a genuis.