
... inferiority complex he just decided to do another plan, where orlo aka the knight that escaped with regina to spy what going on or more like what are the north Duke's are hiding in their territory (it's something about the fangs)
(We're gonna see what's there because phelio is gonna to show to leo that in the time skip)

Basically the previous generation were not showing their fangs and trying to keep a balance by faking alliance in the open. But the late emperor had ulterior motives and wanted to find out more about the Duke's land and his family secret aka the fangs power.The late Duke also seems to have known that the emperor was up to smth but didn't show it. This was also passed down to the current emperor (then crown prince) as we can see with his action on the present and his hostile attitude towards Phileo.
What Phileo wanted to know was if the plan started from his generation or the previous... The plan being them trying to infiltrate inside the North which is where they also tried to use Regina (Leo's morher) for it...The red head knight she fell for was actually a high ranked nobel who workded for the royal family.
can someone explain to me whats going on and how the late emperor was involved+how hes involved with the family? im so confused by whats going on behind the scenes