If they continued to get on Queen Ivanna's nerves as they were, not that long.
Ann could go against the whole collection of nobles; people who were more than capable of harming him. But the queen?
Sure, if he wanted to be made into an actual porcelain statue and adorn some corner of the palace.
Literally. That had happened before. For only ten or so minutes, but it had happened.
The line had to be drawn somewhere and the prince had drawn it right around the queen.
For Reis who grew up without a mother, it was hard to even imagine a way to cross that line.
What he could do was try to get her on his side. "Mother, I was almost killed because of mismanagement. Am I wrong to ask for compensation?"
The compensation he initially had in mind was to somewhat guilt trap someone into taking the fancy chair. It was a simple plan, but that's what made it possible.
But he somehow ended up entangled in another systematic failure.
