The rest of the chapter was top-notch, though!
Nah, political hostages do have a lot of pull. Those princes are idiots, but it doesn't matter what they value really. It's not just Helen of Troy, history is full of hostage princes and princesses.
Yes, but... even if Berry and Insel are allied countries, this is the first time I hear about the royals of a country giving up their kingdom for the sake of the princess of *another country*... Nicola is of a completely different country from theirs (she's from the kingdom of Berry, while the king and princes are rulers of the Inse/Ins/Insel/whatever kingdom). She's not even bethrothed to one of them, or is she?
Ince is very close to Berry, that's how they (the princes and Ice's nobility) know Nicola, they're not trading the country for her but having her as a hostage means they have an advantage in negotiations, since Ince is hostile to Chariot.
I'm not sure where you got trading the country from.
I think it’s cuz they are allied and cuz the king as well as the two princes have a thing for the bitch lmao
WTF would the king and princes of that kingdom surrender their own country *just for Nicola*?? The "ultimate hostage"?? I'm sorry, author, but, ...what? That's NOT exactly a "Helen of Troy" nor a "Consort Daji" you've been drawing there, author-nim... My suspension of disbelief has gone down the drain..