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Dammit I meant to upvote!! Thank you for taking your time and typing all of this out. That really clears up my confusion. Thanks!
You’re a fuckin legend. Periodt.
no worries! i really enjoyed this story thats why i'd want more people to enjoy it too :)
you are awesome!! ヾ(☆▽☆)
summary of the politics going on in this story
1. there are 2 sides in power: the crown prince faction and the aristocratic faction (aria's family, oscar, isis and vica from the meeting all belong here)
2. the aristocrats hold much more power than that of the crown prince since theyre rich and monopolize the businesses etc etc
3. crown prince's goal is to take away their power. asher's parents died when he was young (from what i recall) and so did all his connections with other nobles on his side.
4. IN THE PAST: asher had to marry isis (from the duke family) when he turned legal age to be king but he became a puppet to all their schemes. his morale and reputation went further down too when he attempted to manage the casino and it failed leading to the masses disliking him
5. back to PRESENT: since aria knew about the casino's end, she pointed out how badly the closure of the casino under the CP's management would ruin him when they discussed this at the meeting (not knowing asher was the CP)
6. taking her opinion into account, asher decides to sell the casino to viscount vigue (a corrupt gullible fool) and he buys it and this becomes a "bomb" that might ruin the viscount in return
7. the sugar. aria knows that soon, a noble family monopolizing the trade routes to outside will close the routes, resulting to the shortage of supplies of many products. aria sees this as an opportunity to earn more money by buying cheap stocks of sugar beforehand but also realizes that this occurence could be a power struggle she shouldnt get entangled in.
im not gonna say much cuz they'll be spoilers but thats pretty much it. i hope i explained it right in an understandable way ! ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶