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Old 2015-04-21, 00:18   Link #52
Armando99
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Originally Posted by novalysis View Post
Well, back in the day where International marriages between powerful mages in Allied Countries were the norm, Lina would almost certainly have been a leading candidate for Tatsuya. A Lina as a serious contender for Tatsuya basically has International Ramifications in the balance of power for Mahouka's world.

In-fact, it could trigger the revival of the practice, where allied countries try to encourage international marriages between powerful Mages. Eugenics between two Persons of mass destruction. There's a certain... odd appeal in that idea.

Of course, there is no guarantee that any children from such a union would be as powerful as their hypothetical parents. But then again, it could lead to insanely powerful children too - and if it does, it would probably soon become rather common practice for relatively close and long-standing traditional allies to swap strategic mages in International marriages.
The difficulty in this situation is who gets to keep the children let alone the parents. Which country would they be under?

They are maybe in an alliance but if it comes to the balance of power, they will typically look for their own interest first.
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