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* SingleTargetSexuality: Paul is the only woman Lucius seems to harbor genuine romantic affection for, despite him having a harem of brides for political reasons, all of whom he treats with respect and care. [[spoiler: He even has a daughter with one, and falls into a depression for a time after she dies giving birth.]]
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* GrandRomanticGesture: When Lucius decides to [[spoiler: officially start courting Pauliana]], he commissions plays to be written about their romance to help make clear to the public that [[spoiler: Paul is not trying to sleep her way to the top]] and that his love is genuine. This would have failed miserably had he also not [[spoiler: dressed to the nines, making Paul forget her embarrassment upon seeing him.]]
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* SleepingTheirWayToTheTop: The fear of being seen this way is part of why [[spoiler: it takes so long for Paul to reciprocate Lucius's advances.]]
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** On a related note, Tory was raised and groomed by her family to be the next empress. [[spoiler:When Pauliana ultimately becomes the empress, Tory is the one that does the empress's duties since Pauliana's duties are focused on her duties as a knight, meaning Tory in spirit does do the duties of an empress, but not in the way her family would have ever imagined it.]] Speaking of Pauliana, her knight division has the designation of protecting the imperial family. [[spoiler:When she becomes part of the imperial family herself after marrying Lucius, she is forced to transfer to another division.]]
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** On a related note, Tory was raised and groomed by her family to be the next empress. [[spoiler:When Pauliana ultimately becomes the empress, Tory is the one that does the empress's duties since Pauliana's duties are focused on her duties as a knight, meaning Tory in spirit does do the duties of an empress, but not in the way her family would have ever imagined it.]] Speaking of Pauliana, her ]]
** Pauliana's knight division has the designation of protecting the imperial family. [[spoiler:When she becomes part of the imperial family herself after marrying Lucius, she is forced to transfer to another division.]]
** Pauliana's knight division has the designation of protecting the imperial family. [[spoiler:When she becomes part of the imperial family herself after marrying Lucius, she is forced to transfer to another division.]]
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** On a related note, Tory was raised and groomed by her family to be the next empress. [[spoiler:When Pauliana ultimately becomes the empress, Tory is the one that does the empress's duties since Pauliana's duties are focused on her duties as a knight, meaning Tory in spirit does do the duties of an empress, but not in the way her family would have ever imagined it.]]
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** On a related note, Tory was raised and groomed by her family to be the next empress. [[spoiler:When Pauliana ultimately becomes the empress, Tory is the one that does the empress's duties since Pauliana's duties are focused on her duties as a knight, meaning Tory in spirit does do the duties of an empress, but not in the way her family would have ever imagined it.]] Speaking of Pauliana, her knight division has the designation of protecting the imperial family. [[spoiler:When she becomes part of the imperial family herself after marrying Lucius, she is forced to transfer to another division.]]
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** [[spoiler:Frau Sneke tried to marry Pauliana to get his son the benefits of her noble title and esteem because he believes her to be infertile. The consequences and fallout after Pauliana discovers this leads to the conception of her son Gerald, who is set to be the next Marquis Winter after Lucius changes the inheritance laws to have Luminae be the heir of the throne instead.]]
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Pauliana doesn't have periods, but it's noted to be because of her circumstances growing up that caused her to not have them and noted to be unusual. [[spoiler:Her starting to get regular periods is actually a significant point because it proves she isn't barren.]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: Lucius treating Pauliana as a person and not as a woman whose only purpose is to die or be considered a baby factory earns her lifelong loyalty.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Lucius treating Everyone is loyal to Lucius, especially Pauliana as a person and not as a woman whose only purpose is to die or be considered a baby factory earns Aino. Pauliana pledges her lifelong loyalty.loyalty twice to him, the second time [[spoiler: as Lucius and Pauliana are proposing to each other.]]
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* Undying loyalty: Lucius treating Pauliana as a person and not as a woman whose only purpose is to die or be considered a baby factory earns her lifelong loyalty.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Chapters 194 and 195 deliver one each to chapter 8:
** Pauliana demands a sword so that she may deliver a vow of loyalty to Lucius. The first time, everyone is freaking out because she is an unknown person from the enemy territory and they are worried that she wants to use it to kill Lucius. The second time, [[spoiler:she has the friendship and loyalty of the entire kingdom so all her friends and subordinates each offer their own sword willingly. She takes Donau's in order to perform her new vow.]]
** Pauliana performs her first vow after seeing that Lucius is a leader worth following and she offers her lifelong loyalty as a knight. The second vow is similar except [[spoiler:she finally accepts his hand in marriage while also asking him to marry her after he has found a way for her to keep her honor and achievements as a woman.]] Also both times, Lucius promises her that her status as a woman does not make her a second-class citizen and he will continue to make the kingdom a place where she can aim as high as she chooses.
** Pauliana demands a sword so that she may deliver a vow of loyalty to Lucius. The first time, everyone is freaking out because she is an unknown person from the enemy territory and they are worried that she wants to use it to kill Lucius. The second time, [[spoiler:she has the friendship and loyalty of the entire kingdom so all her friends and subordinates each offer their own sword willingly. She takes Donau's in order to perform her new vow.]]
** Pauliana performs her first vow after seeing that Lucius is a leader worth following and she offers her lifelong loyalty as a knight. The second vow is similar except [[spoiler:she finally accepts his hand in marriage while also asking him to marry her after he has found a way for her to keep her honor and achievements as a woman.]] Also both times, Lucius promises her that her status as a woman does not make her a second-class citizen and he will continue to make the kingdom a place where she can aim as high as she chooses.
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* DramaticIrony: When Lucius announces to his cousin his plan to marry Pauliana, said cousin is against it because it would mean his son would become the next emperor by marriage since Lucius only has a daughter and Pauliana is barren and therefore could never have a child. [[spoiler:Unknown to both, Pauliana had started having her periods, which imply she isn't actually barren.]]
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* RoyalHarem: Lucius has one that consists of three wives after he's become the emperor. Despite coming from rivalry factions, the three women actually get along very well with each other and Pauliana. Rebecca even forms a relationship that is borderline PseudoRomanticFriendship with the female knight. [[spoiler:All of them are devastated when Rebecca dies from childbirth.]]
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* RoyalHarem: Lucius has one that consists of three wives after he's become the emperor. Despite coming from rivalry factions, the three women actually get along very well with each other and Pauliana. Rebecca even forms a relationship that is borderline PseudoRomanticFriendship with the female knight. [[spoiler:All of them are devastated when Rebecca dies from childbirth.]] [[spoiler:While the remaining two ultimately step down as Lucius' wives due to circumstances, they choose to stay working in the palace both due to their friendship with each other and for Luminae's sake.]]
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* SmarterThanTheyLook: Tory is raised and groomed to be the perfect noble lady, but Pauliana discovers by her constant questions on politics and economy that Tory is actually clever and intelligent. [[spoiler:Her family underestimating her allows for her to expose evidence of their crimes due to being present in the same room serving them during said sensitive meetings. Afterwards, Lucius grants Tory a minor noble position so she can better use her abilities on her own terms.]]
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* SmarterThanTheyLook: Tory is raised and groomed to be the perfect noble lady, but Pauliana discovers by her constant questions on politics and economy that Tory is actually clever and intelligent. [[spoiler:Her family underestimating her allows for her to expose evidence of their crimes due to being present in the same room serving them during said sensitive meetings. Afterwards, Lucius grants Tory a minor noble position so she can better use her abilities on her own terms.terms to where she ends up handling the empress duties in Pauliana's place.]]
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Gerald is a spitting image of Lucius even as a baby to where it can't be denied he's actually his son.]]
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Gerald is a spitting image of Lucius even as a baby to where it can't be denied he's actually his son.son, much to his mother's dismay at first.]]
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** Later parodied when Paul mistakenly comes to the conclusion that [[spoiler: she drunkenly forced herself onto Lucius.]] She's absolutely horrified, but it's later established that they were equally drunk, and that it was completely consensual.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Lord Redben lost his leg when he was forcibly conscripted in the army in his youth. He ended up getting infected from the lost limb that resulted in his father discovering a way to cross the Komong River to access a doctor out of desperation, which Pauliana later discovers and uses to help Acrea get across the river.
* ForeverWar: Ehas and Cukda have been in a cycle of war for decades, with Pauliana having been fighting in said conflict for over six years of her life and Lord Redben having also been forcibly conscripted during his youth for three years.
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* GrewASpine: [[spoiler:Tory had always hated her treatment by her family and knowing they were being traitors. But when said elders decide to poison Stra in order to get rid of potential competition for the empress position, Tory finally has enough and willingly exposes her family for their treachery, even at the cost of her own social position.]]
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* GrewASpine: [[spoiler:Tory had always hated her treatment by her family and knowing they were being traitors.traitors yet forced herself to do whatever they said. But when said elders decide to poison Stra in order to get rid of potential competition for the empress position, Tory finally has enough and willingly exposes her family for their treachery, even at the cost of her own social position.]]
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* HeirClubForMen: Property and inheritance rights automatically go to the first-born son of a family, regardless of any older daughters. [[spoiler:Gerald by law would have become the next emperor despite having an older half-sister. However, Lucius for Pauliana's sake chooses to change laws so the first-born regardless of gender will be allowed inheritance rights, making Lumina the next ruler after him.]]
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* HeirClubForMen: Property and inheritance rights automatically go to the first-born son of a family, regardless of any older daughters. [[spoiler:Gerald [[spoiler:It's to the point Rebecca's mother bemoans the fact her daughter was useless for dying giving birth to a daughter instead of a son. Gerald by law would have become the next emperor despite having an older half-sister. However, Lucius for Pauliana's sake chooses to change laws so the first-born regardless of gender will be allowed inheritance rights, making Lumina the next ruler after him.]]
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** On a related note, Tory was raised and groomed by her family to be the next empress. [[spoiler:When Pauliana ultimately becomes the empress, Tory is that does the empress's duties since Pauliana's duties are focused on her duties as a knight, meaning Tory does end up doing exactly what her family wanted but not in the way they would have imagined it.]]
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* LikeASonToMe: Baopalro after having worked alongside Pauliana in the supply administration unit ends up viewing Pauliana like a daughter of sorts, to where Pauliana even thinks of his sons as her brothers of choice.
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* {{Polyamory}}: Lucius has three wives from different factions of the kingdom to balance out his political power. He doesn't really love them romantically (as his true love is Pauliana) but does feel affection and friendship toward them as a dutiful husband. [[spoiler: He cares enough that Rebecca's death puts him into depression and heavy drinking for a while]].
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* {{Polyamory}}: Lucius has three wives from different factions of the kingdom to balance out his political power. He doesn't really love them romantically (as his true love is Pauliana) but does feel affection and friendship toward them as a dutiful husband. [[spoiler: He cares enough that Rebecca's death puts him into depression and heavy drinking for a while]].while.]]
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* SmarterThanTheyLook: Tory is raised and groomed to be the perfect noble lady, but Pauliana discovers by her constant questions on politics and economy that Tory is actually clever and intelligent. [[spoiler:Her family underestimating her allows for her to expose evidence of their crimes due to being present in the same room serving them during said sensitive meetings.]]
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* SmarterThanTheyLook: Tory is raised and groomed to be the perfect noble lady, but Pauliana discovers by her constant questions on politics and economy that Tory is actually clever and intelligent. [[spoiler:Her family underestimating her allows for her to expose evidence of their crimes due to being present in the same room serving them during said sensitive meetings. Afterwards, Lucius grants Tory a minor noble position so she can better use her abilities on her own terms.]]
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* TookALevelInKindness: Donau starts off as a misogynistic, envious antagonist towards Pauliana whom bites off more than he can chew. He eventually grows to respect and admire her [[spoiler:and falls in love with her.]] [[spoiler:It's also notable when he has a daughter, he's open to allowing her to be taught swordsmanship if she wants to.]]
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* TookALevelInKindness: Donau starts off as a misogynistic, envious antagonist towards Pauliana whom bites off more than he can chew. He eventually grows to respect and admire her [[spoiler:and falls in love with her.]] [[spoiler:It's also notable when he has a daughter, he's open to allowing her to be taught swordsmanship if she wants to.to and the epilogue notes that said daughter would later grow up to a skilled knight.]]
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* MayflyDecemberRomance: Played with. Frau is close to Paul's age, but he's shorter than her and has a youthful appearance, so this leads many to believe that Paul has a preference for younger men. [[spoiler: When news that they broke up spreads, several fathers try to set Paul up with their teenage sons.]]
