The Empire's nobles these days were all members of old, established families, like the Olesians.
As if the Equal Inheritance Law would actually do anything.
You could divide everything equally all you wanted; I'd still leave my merchant guild and family businesses to my eldest son.
What could the emperor do about it?
Besides, the Royal Family couldn't be targeted forever, could it?
Lynn hadn't abolished the Royal Family.
He'd simply implemented a republican system and abolished the title of emperor.
The Royal Family would remain the Royal Family, keeping its reputation, its wealth, and so on.
A Cleanup was definitely necessary, and Lynn had made that decision himself.
He hadn't dumped the difficult choice on Yuffie.
Finally, there were the other factions.
Ansu simply wanted to deal with the Demon Race and keep outsiders out.
Lynn had seen through Chali.
She was hopelessly lovesick, a complete lapdog for Isa.
As for Isa, she gave off the air of a Female Genre protagonist—a cute, powerful woman who truly loved Chali.
As for the child,
Lynn had a stronger sense that the child was simply an accident between them.
After all, Yuffie still ranked below the young couple in their priorities.
However, Isa was the only one present whom everyone knew.
And Yuffie had personally said that Isa was her mother.
So everyone treated Isa with the utmost respect.
Ria looked at her with admiration, too.
But Isa seemed to think she couldn't compare to Ria, and kept praising Ria for developing so many treatments for illnesses.
In any case, nobody was so inconsiderate as to slight Lynn.
Most people simply listened to him and didn't meddle in those matters at all.
Lynn knew that was a good thing. Their obedience meant his words carried weight in their eyes.
It meant