Sorry for the late posts for 3 months ago because I got some busy things to do lately...
Anyways, yeah, after reading Volume 22 it seems to me that Hybride doesn't deserve Hiroto because even after what Hiroto been through, some people STILL loathe Hiroto and want him gone. All because of this Alum Stones from Agnica. I dunno what to say about this but it seems to me that Hybride's worst enemy is not just the outside forces, but also domestic corruption too. (Looking at YOU, Hydran and others)
Spoiler for Volume 22 about Hiroto's Warning That Gone Unheeded:
Despite his eloquence, Hiroto is overwhelmed by the Privy Council's objection against his suggestion to help Calicua's appeal against Golgint for killing Sybil and the unfair deal, including Univestel and Panopticus and even Sylferis. What really hurting Hiroto the most is that Leonidas rejects his suggestion for the first time in his life while agreeing with Univestel's plan over his own by sending envoys to both Sarika and Gasel for a talk, and this despite Hiroto's warning that sending envoys will, considering that Sibyl's death has technically putting both kingdoms at war and Golgint will not taking Hybride seriously-something Leonidas brushed off.
Consequently, Hiroto's prediction becomes 89% true because Alvy's audience with Ismir ended in disaster because a suggestion to have a talk with Agnica made queen so furious that she walked away while the meeting was still ongoing, and Sōichirō's only reason for his success in his mission was due to Curele's sudden appearance and it took a combination of both Curele's demonstration of power and Sōichirō's performance forced Sarica Trading Court to accept Calicua's appeal and reversed the unfair trade decision towards Gasel;even more surprising is that Golgint complied with Hybride's terms without resistance but, just as Hiroto forewarned Leonidas, even after seeing Curele and the vampires he ordered his men to not take Hybride seriously so long the kingdom didn't send it's fleet or Hiroto appears with the vampires. Additionally, Hiroto also has a hunch that Golgint was pretending and boy, he was right because Golgint immediately revert the trading court decision the moment Curele and Sarica and declared that anyone who stand in his way will die.
Also, additional illustrations from V22
Spoiler for Plotline according to Volume 22's More Illustrations:
- Both Raquel and Felkina are the only few who support Hiroto during the meeting and they also warned Hiroto about how the Privy Council are acting hostile towards him so suddenly. Unfortunately for them however, neither women ever anticipate that Leonidas is also brush off Hiroto's advice- a decision can have disastrous consequences for Hybride, considering that one merchant's death has already put both Agnica and Gasel at war
- The appearance of both Curele and Soichiro at Sarica Port and it is there we see Sōichirō' shines, with him using the same eloquence like Hiroto to those who mocked him as a "stick insect". Just because of his own skinny size. Folks in Sarica who mocked both Curele and Soichiro are shaken by the former's prowess whose wind ripping the trading court's roof apart, just like how she destroyed Hydran's own mansion
- Calicua is so moved by what Soichirodid at Sarica that she actually hold his hand and thanking him. Much to our MC's friend's blushing. We also learn that the reason why Ismir was so angry about Hybride for not bringing Golgint into justice for Sybil's murder was because the latter often brought delicious food to the palace. Meanwhile, what happened at Sarica Port made Golgint extremely furious because the trading judge has accepted the appeal which deemed defiance against his order, but at the same time he was also afraid of the vampires after seeing them in action so he had to lay low for a while, though he still
- Leonidas is shocked by both news in regards of the envoys: The good news is that due to Curele's surprise appearance has caused the Sarica Trading Court to reverse their decision to ignore Gasel's merchant unfair trade and Golgint was surprisingly cooperative. The bad news is, of course, Alvy's mission to Gassel ended disastrously because that suggestion for a talk only ended up enraged Ismir so much that she immediately leaves during the. Either way, the mixed results doesn't improves the Privy Council's relationship with Hiroto as one Lord Chancellor use sarcasm to mock Hiroto about using the vampires to solve everything, whereas Hiroto suspect that Golgint's uncharacteristic compliance to Hybride's demand is anything but genuine and he had a hunch that the aristocrat will turn 180 soon. The following result of the envoys forces Leonidas [/B to face a harsh reality about Gasel's wrath for Hybride's inaction against Golgint and starting to have regrets for not listening to Hiroto's advice to send a fleet to Sarica-a plan the king himself refused to go along because it would made Golgint even more hostile against him . Univestel, who was the one who suggested that terrible idea in the first place,
- Just as Hiroto feared, Golgint does immediately revoke the Trading Court's previous decision about the unfair taxation onto B] Gaselian merchants once Curele and Soichiro left Sarica, with a resolve to kill anyone who stand in his way. One month later, Calicua is going to experience the same terrible treatment from folks in Sarica just like her late sister. The fruit she is about to purchase is 3 times higher than the original price (albeit on purpose) and her appeal to the Trading Court is largely ignored again (Golgint had the head judge who accepted Calicua's appeal executed), causing her to yell that Metis will going to kill them for them until the appearance of the river pirates (the same one that killed Sybil) causes her to shiver in fear. Unlike Sybil, however, Calicua escapes during the chaos by jumping into a river but her fate remains unknown which is served as the novel's cliffhanger