YMMV / Princess Candle

• Complete Monster: Lord Swey is an ambitious young man who wants to become King by forcing Princess Skw'ah to marry him. Aware of Skw'ah's exile in a monastery, Swey manipulates bandits to attack the monastery before slaughtering them so he can have an excuse to justify his presence. When the Princess escapes thanks to a couple of local women, Swey throws one in a river and allows his men to sexually torture the other one. Predicting Skw'ah's destination, Swey murders the local noble sheltering her and cuts the arm off her bodyguard Flora. He orders his men to burn the castle while stating his intention of marrying and raping Skw'ah to produce an heir.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The name "Princess Candle" would later be used by Toei Animation for a weapon used by the Smile Cures.
• Magnificent Bastard: Crown Prince Ruhl'ks initially appears to be a puppet controlled by his mother, the wicked Queen, but turns out to have masterminded the plot to destroy his political enemies. In order to secure his ascension to the throne, he has the Queen banish his half-sister, Princess Skw'ah, to the St. Ylieu convent to use her as bait for Lord Swey and Marquis Miph, who want to marry her to become king. Also sending the knight Flora to protect her and sending Yajenka as a spy, Ruhl'ks sits back while Flora and Yajenka defeat his enemies, eventually sending troops to aid them. Pretending to be a naive child to gain the trust of his mother, once he is sure Swey and Miph will be destroyed, he has her removed from power and sent to a villa he built to retire, successfully eliminating all threats to his coronation and ensuring his beloved sister will be safe.

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