[Yes, having that much powerful influence in your party makes all the difference. Elza shakes his head though.]

They've hid it well. As of right now... there are very few people who'd speak up against them or even have bad things to say. No, Mejojo and Auger have good reputations among the people, but they've probably cultivated those on purpose.

[He wants to grin when she says crowned pigs, though.] You wouldn't think that they're the ones that have responsibility for how things have become. Even I didn't think so until Nesso told me the truth.

...There's also that their father was a generally good ruler, aside from the order for the wolf hunts.