I meant turning not tuning.
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She definitely has magic. In a past chapter, it was said she was suppose to be a (holy maiden?) after defeating the fenrir pup. I think she's being manipulative and the prince's feelings were probably forced on him.
She certainly has magic (she even commented this chapter, when Belzebub tried to attack her, as a forcefield didn't let him and she said something about it finally being the time for something - most likely her delayed awakening as the holy maiden), but I doubt that Claude's reaction was due to it. Going by the gears metaphor, only Aileen, and after the fenrir incident the thot became self-aware gears, and so influenced the others around them. The rest (including Claude) were still not self-aware, and thus when others act according to the way they were supposed to in the game, they have no choice but to act the same. Here, in this chapter, the same thing was happening. The thot played her part (she even said that "she did everything perfectly"), and so the "gears" were trying to force Claude into reacting as he would in the game - however, Aileen did enough things differently that she influenced Claude's path, so it didn't fit anymore in the original game, thus the gear (that would have made him like the thot) broke under the pressure. He most likely did not become self-aware, just changed his path.
Thankyou for explaining cuz I was confused. I enjoyed your TED talk
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I'm curious about the gears tuning in the thot's eyes. Also, Claude's reaction to her words. Does she have some kind of charm magic or were those supposed to be the gears of fate that revolve around her?