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Its like creating a figure equivalent to the imperial family , when the people know that the swordmasters are stronger and can take on the imperial power , the last one is trying to eliminate it . Idk how to explain but the empror does not want any competition to the power of the imperial family, hahahaha i wanted to explain i just made it harder sorry

Is Mr. Emperor worried about the dukedom seceding and possible overpowering the empire? otherwise whats the point of trying to eliminate a swordmaster that is part of your empire? she's literally your subject there's no logical reasoning behind killing a swordmaster that you need to be more powerful??