Thread:Djamboe/@comment-26250681-20180331134927/@comment-26250681-20180405224054

i think you are  missing the point of the conversation..... this is more like european monarchy than asian..... it doesnt matter if the kings were murdered, if by their own will they join to the empire because they are the only ones who can summon heroes or if there were fights between the kingdoms army and their were defeat it by the empire army, and because of the defeat the kings became vassal of the emperor.... the author didnt tell the history of saga empire..... but the positions are based on a real positions.... its not invented..... so that follows the definitions.... we (the readers) can only know the empire rules over some countries (if you dont wanna use the word kingdoms).... while the king only rules on his own country.

am sure if the author wanted another political structure.... he just could invented new names/positions... but in that case he had to explain what is every new position.

as i said there is a lot of missing info about the novel..... but if the author has to explain every detail about the world satou's was send..... the novel wouldnt be so much about satou..... the novel its focused about him.... but even if the author doesnt say it..... real social/political structures are there.