[Dharma]

Originally Posted by Kanon

At this point the best way for this to make sense is what you said. I'd the church is the most likely culprit, what with Idol making a point to show his cross. They're also the only one with enough influence over the masses, including the nobles and the soldiers, to carry that out. The true mastermind is probably Myne though, she's just using them to get what she wants. And they in turn probably think they're using her.

Hmm, my take is a bit different. Myne does not seem to be clever enough to be the mastermind but yes, she may be the driving force behind the events. Catalyst of sort. But to catalyze you need reagents, what are they?

Spoiler for Probably overthinking the plot, maybe spoiler:

From Melty (who is clearly unreliable source but still the best we have) we heard that queen wants to treat shield well. And this - if true - imply hell of a lot.
Shield is devil and associated with demihumans. It is ok to enslave demihumans. What if slavery institution is based on/tied with religion? Such attack on religion by queen is also attack on slavery! Or probably it is the other way around: queen wanted to reform institute of slavery (nobles against slaves where led/supported by her?) (to normalize relationship with surrounding nations?) and then waves screw everything.
If true (so many ifs!) that gives us reagents:
Most nobles want to continue slavery, attack on slavery also attack on religion and Myne wants the throne. A lot of people with common interests.

So the question for me does Myne just got lucky with the situation or is there someone else pulling the strings behind the scene? Realistically I'd say first but there is matter of waves. Strange factor that makes no sense for me. May be there is still more than meets the eye.