beta
But why do they anger me so much? Also I love the baldwin family and all their staff but I HATE how they know she’s being bullied and instead of assigning a high ranking staff/soldier/bodyguard to her, they just send her off with one person and leave her alone in the wolves den. Also, the duke has no control over his vassals AT ALL. How can he be so negligent in his own duties? In every other story of dukes and my own knowledge of dukes since my country still has them, they do not tolerate vassals thinking they have the upper hand or the last say. The highest person of the land is the duke/viscount/count/etc and everyone else SERVES THEM! They may also be nobles but it’s like how the butler is a viscount but serving the duke. It’s the same principle. Dukes can and do kick vassals off of the land if they cannot respect that the duke is the number 1 of that land and nothing can override them other than the monarch. Also didn’t duke Baldwin in the first few episodes state that he’s the noble right under the king? Meaning he’s the HIGHEST RANKING NOBLE! Yet he acts like a doormat when it comes to his responsibilities. Such a hypocrite. What’s the point of having power if you never wield it for good? What’s the point of bringing someone in as an esteemed guest if you don’t protect them? The fact that the butler is cleaning up after the dukes neglectful actions towards our baby is horrifying. The duke should have taken her out as his “esteemed guest”. The fact that people look down on her is actually a reflection on how they look down on him and he’s hasn’t even battered an eyelash about it. In my country, the hierarchy of nobles is strict and there is such a thing as “noblesse oblige” meaning that people on the noble’s property or land would have to respect the land owner and their rules but it also means that noble’s had a responsibility to protect and safeguard and treat all those who grace their land (with good intention) with respect. Quite literally the obligation of a Noble person is to be mindful and respectful of those around them and that the strong (nobles) should protect the weak (commoners). This is a very very strict rule. To go against it is to announce yourself as a poor charactered and arrogant fool. The duke is utterly negligent in his duties despite how kind he may seem. And on top of being negligent, he never once explains stuff to her. I don’t like him.