So I just started reading this, maybe it gets explained later on though. My confusion is why it was necessary to make his niece pretend to be his son. There are clearly girls at the church so we know they're ok with accepting females and one of the emperors sent his nephew so we know they're ok with any relation that is a direct descendant of the original heroes. I'm not quite sure how her pretending is supposed to do anything different. Sure if assasins wanted to go after Leo they'd go for Lelia, but regardless Leo is tucked away in a castle where, without the knowledge of Lelia's existence, he'd still be considered safe. If he thought Leo was in such danger that even in the castle he wouldn't be safe and needed a stand in then the emperor would have already found one much sooner. Also how much is the church really going to argue with the emperor, especially when they keep making a big deal to reference Leo as the crown prince when so are all the others. That indicates to me that the Emperor has some special standing or influence (oh, and 100% he killed Lelia originally to prevent her from opposing his son as heir)
So I just started reading this, maybe it gets explained later on though. My confusion is why it was necessary to make his niece pretend to be his son. There are clearly girls at the church so we know they're ok with accepting females and one of the emperors sent his nephew so we know they're ok with any relation that is a direct descendant of the original heroes. I'm not quite sure how her pretending is supposed to do anything different. Sure if assasins wanted to go after Leo they'd go for Lelia, but regardless Leo is tucked away in a castle where, without the knowledge of Lelia's existence, he'd still be considered safe. If he thought Leo was in such danger that even in the castle he wouldn't be safe and needed a stand in then the emperor would have already found one much sooner. Also how much is the church really going to argue with the emperor, especially when they keep making a big deal to reference Leo as the crown prince when so are all the others. That indicates to me that the Emperor has some special standing or influence (oh, and 100% he killed Lelia originally to prevent her from opposing his son as heir)