Thanks to Rae buying Claire time to set up an extremely magical ray spell the two are able to defeat the chimera before it can hurt anyone. The battle requires that Claire trust Rae to keep the monster away from her while she’s a relative sitting duck, and that Rae trust Claire not to accidentally hit her with the spell. Rae’s trust in Claire goes without saying, but that Claire trusts in Rae now says a lot about how far they’ve come. They even high-five each other!
But then there’s still the matter of the masked mystery man. He confronts the girls, stating he’d hoped the chimera would kill as many nobles as possible. While this reveals his affiliation with the commoner movement, it doesn’t say much else about who he is or why he took this particular roundabout way to try to attack them. When he tries to stab Claire, Thane swoops in and gets grazed. The blade is poisoned, but Rae is able to heal Thane without any issues.
With the Aurousseaus arrested the mystery man vanishing, and the angry mob dispersed, everything is wrapped up on this one evening … which is honestly fine with me. I’ll be honest: I watch this primarily for the cute interactions between Rae and Claire, not magical combat or political intrigue. The show almost seems to acknowledge that when it’s announced the movement has gone quiet. This leaves what is to happen to Lene and Lambert.
One thing is clear, despite her head maid and oldest friend Lene betraying her as part of a plot to do harm to the nobility and even holding her at knifepoint, Claire has no desire for Lene or the Aurousseaus to die for their crimes.
Yet execution is the indicated punishment. So when she and Rae are given an audience and asked what reward they want (and even Claire has to admit Rae’s valiant look is on point), Claire asks for the execution sentence to be commuted. When the prime minister voices his doubts such a thing could be done and the king is ready to go with his opinion, Thane once again steps in to offer his two cents.
Claire and Rae can only say that the Aurosseaus have done for the kingdom justify leniency, but it’s a matter of scale. Thane presents an alternate argument that proves more persuasive to the king: if he truly desires more of a meritocracy, he should put his money where his mouth is. The king then decrees that Lene, Lambert, and the Aurosseaus shall be exiled from the Bauer Kingdom.
Not long after exiting the palace, Claire and Rae celebrate in jubilation at the same time. When Claire takes exception to Rae “copying” her, Rae starts to dance with her, and eventually Claire’s scowl turns back into a joyful smile. The next time the two see Lene, she and Lambert are headed out of the city for good. Rae calls her over to say her goodbyes and also provide some recipes that may help her with her money situation.
Lene thanks Claire and Rae for being the ones to save her and her family from execution, (although the Arousseaus have also disowned Lene and Lambert), and apologizes for what she’s done. At first Claire lets her go without saying a word, but then calls out Lene’s name and says she’s not saying goodbye for good, because she’s certain they’ll meet again someday.
After that final exchange that brings a smile to Lene’s face, Rae can tell Claire just might need a hug. When she refuses one, Rae gives her one anyway. While this is iffy consent-wise, it turns out to be the right move, as Claire needs a few moments to have a cry over everything that’s gone down.
The whole part about Lene and Lambert being incestuous lovers ends up being neither here nor there. Since so little was explored about it, it probably could have been left out of this entire mini-arc, as wanting to save his beloved sister (in a non-incestual way) would have been a perfectly adequate motivation for their treason.
As for Rae, Claire’s opinion of her continues to improve the more time they spend together. Knowing as we do that Claire returning her feelings isn’t necessarily Rae’s end goal, it is good to see them getting along more often. That said, the preview for next week suggests Rae’s about to have some female competition for Claire’s affections.
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