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Maybe through Academy. Palatine will say later that Ariel was well known for her intelligency and beauty so there were legends of her even after her graduation. And when talking to Jean, Ariel said that her motto (loyalty to Joachim but not to the people in power) was inspired by someone who she respects greatly. I guess she talked about Maximilian.
I already know that Maximilian is little perle but can someone spoil why Ariel is pretending to be him?