The action is gaining momentum and probably will not slow down
Aaron’s killer escapes, but Freya and her friends manage to save the kidnapped Mikal. When they are about to return to the castle, they run into Minister Lars – a political opponent of Prince Edvard. At the invitation of the enemy, which they cannot refuse, they go to his headquarters. What we have learned before, the traitors have their own plan that they put into practice. Maybe the motivations are different: power and money, the belief that the state will not survive anyway, so a collapse on your own terms is much better. However, it all comes down to the same effect. Worse are internal or external enemies? Who wants to betray their country and at what cost? How will the young ruler do?
The rapid transformation of the main character?
Freyja is crying less and less and is actually transforming. It is difficult to say whether this is an unexpected and immediate metamorphosis. Maybe it was only now that she was able to properly display her features? It turned out that she was intelligent and not completely powerless. On the other hand, you can get the impression that the main character is Mary Sue – her skills appear out of nowhere. Some doubts are dispelled thanks to flashbacks. They provide a credible justification, which means that in the case of this character, acquiring new skills does not arouse great controversy. On specific examples: it was already known that the girl is agile – she climbed trees, walked in the mountains. Moreover, Freyja is much more active than despairing. On the one hand, we know that it has some driving force, on the other – that it is not invincible; he is still an ordinary person who has a lot to learn and is aware of it. The heroine slowly becomes a combination of the best features of Prince Edvard and Freya. Additionally, she has a sense of justice and genuinely cares for other people, moving from words to deeds in this topic.
A field to show off for other characters
The manga does not lack humorous elements, for example in the dialogues and interactions between the characters. Sometimes it felt like everything was happening too fast. But on the other hand, there are few misunderstandings and a lot of action. There are more scenes in Volume 2 featuring the rest of the Prince’s knights (Mikal, Ingve). As before, you can count on frequent appearances by Alexis and Julius (who know the truth about their Lord). Relationships within this small group (the heir to the throne’s guardians) are shown, as well as between each of them and Edvard. Apparently, many people noticed their master’s transformation but accepted it. The romance component, if any, is negligible; more politics and struggles here, the author places great emphasis on the development of relations between the characters. Personally, I really like all four knights – but Mikal and Alexis are leading the table.
There are still many unknowns on the horizon
I wonder how the question of “accidental” resemblance to Prince Edvard will be resolved. In addition, I am wondering about the possible parents of the young ruler. So far it is known – he is the crown prince, and therefore the heir to the throne. So there must be a king in Tire, perhaps the boy’s father. Why, then, was the responsibility for the fate of the kingdom in the hands of such a young person? We also get a clue that will probably apply to Freya’s mother – we know from the previous volume that she worked in the city, but her health deteriorated, so she returned to her home village. Apparently, Prince Freyja will engage herself in a war conflict. I wonder how the fate of the other heroes will go. Additionally, the question arises – how is the heroine going to save Tire in the future? At present, even in the case of military victories, the country’s situation seems difficult. The remaining lands were taken by a hostile power, conquering neighboring countries. The volume ends with a cliffhanger – the heroes are thrown deep into the fight and we don’t know what happened to one of them.
