Whenever a coronation decision capable of determining the future of the magical world is initiated, democracy cannot surpass aristocracy.
If aristocracy decides to go all out, democracy cannot compete with it.
They lack the means to win.
Democracy is not inherently inferior to aristocracy.
In terms of power struggles in finance, reporting, and other aspects of the world, the democratic faction is, in some sense, superior to the aristocratic faction.
However, in the nature of the voting rights granted by the twelve houses that support the clock tower, aristocracy is more advantageous.
This is a difference in nature.
Democracy has absorbed the new generation of magi and even aspires to reach a higher level. Conversely, being an emerging force means that it will lag behind in traditional voting rights.
For example, if the aristocracy's top faction, the Barthomeloi, were to act, they would effectively become puppets of the Zoology faction, Gaiuslink, who would also have to act. Additionally, the Botany faction, Archelot, which is also part of the aristocracy, is in the same situation.
On top of that, when considering the Spiritual faction, Astromancy faction, and Archaeology faction, the aristocracy has six votes.
In reality, half of the twelve families are aristocratic.
In contrast, the clear democratic faction consists only of the General Fundamentals, Trambelio and the Creation faction, Valualeta.
The remaining four houses stand in neutrality; they basically belong to the royalist faction and absolutely obey the will of the King of Britain. The rest of the time, they are like fence-sitters, siding with whoever is stronger, as long as it does not disturb their magical research.
If a full-scale war were to occur, there is fundamentally no reason for the aristocracy to lose.
However, the aristocracy is not without weaknesses; due to its long history, it is not as solid as a rock.
For example, the Botany faction Archelot is a typical case.
Although it is aristocratic, the media has a strong inclination, and until the previous generation, it even had ties to military enterprises.
This means that the more participants there are, the less clear it becomes who might betray, which is the greatest weakness of the aristocracy.
If they could gain the support of the King of Britain, then democracy could reverse the overall situation of the clock tower, even bringing down Barthomeloi from the throne.
This is the ambition of McDonell.
All of this is based on his ability to gain Moran's recognition.
As for Moran?
He himself is not very interested in power struggles.
As long as the magi of the clock tower do not harm themselves, he basically feels it does not matter much.
However, from the perspective of the new king, viewing this game is still quite interesting.
This power competition revolves around him, and the future can be decided by the will of the new king.
Therefore, he will not let his thoughts escape this game.
Otherwise, he would not be able to fulfill his original intention.
Now, the monarch of the clock tower is a prepared actor, while he is the judge responsible for scoring.
However, democracy has now played a trump card, which is a conspiracy against Barthomeloi. From Barthomeloi's position, this is very dangerous for them.
Moran assessed the current situation.
As a student of the El-Melloi classroom, he is well aware of the clock tower and its power dynamics.
This power struggle is turbulent for the new king.
Being obsessed with power is also in line with human nature.
Moran believes that desire is not a bad thing.
The foundational command he set for the British base is "to maintain everything about Britain." If the new king can manipulate power under this premise, then in Moran's view, there is nothing wrong with that.
"To maintain the clock tower… such words…"
A hoarse voice attracted McDonell.
"I say… what do you want to maintain about the clock tower…"
"Naturally, it is the future of the magi."
"…Ha… truly foolish…"
In response to McDonell, Rufleus did not hide his disappointment.
"The future of Britain… is the future of our magi… not thinking about restoring the prosperity of the divine age… yet wanting to trouble us, the supreme king, to make a judgment… attempting to exploit that highly risky resource…"
He knocked his knuckles on the gem on his chest, revealing yellowed teeth.
Although very arrogant, he does not feel he is arrogant.
It seems that it is extremely natural, like recounting a custom passed down from the past.
"If the curse body is insufficient… just reduce the new generation… if that is still not enough… then reduce the boring division of families… further, there is no need to invest human and material resources… into the redevelopment of Albion…"
Rufleus feels that sharing the mystery to maintain the clock tower is quite vulgar.
This is the elitist theory of aristocracy.
It believes that as long as one can become the sharpest sword of Britain, that is enough.
Treating other people's lives as if they were spare parts, almost completely indifferent.
However, for magi, that is not wrong.
Even democracy has not changed in terms of talent selection.
Magi are merely extremely rare mutants in modern times; they maintain their current brilliance due to Britain's blessing.
And democracy's embrace of the new generation is merely a compromise due to a lack of labor.
Ultimately, it is Britain that allows them to approach the mysterious; there is no need to expend human resources to share the mystery.
Both sides hold their own reasoning at this moment, and neither can persuade the other.
The democratic camp says:
"If we can develop in the field of mystery in the short term, then the achievements of the magi will also benefit the future of Britain, so exploring the spiritual caves of Albion is a necessary action."
In fact, this topic has been debated by the two major factions for over a century.
Naturally, it cannot be easily set aside.
With the ascension of the new king, this is one of the few opportunities to finalize this resolution.
"McDonell, Inorai, do you intend to start a war here?"
Lorelei's beautiful eyes exuded coldness.
She saw through the malicious intentions of the democratic camp.
In the past, Barthomeloi would only act at critical moments; at other times, they would not act.
Because their actions would greatly impact the clock tower, their authority is absolute within the clock tower.
If they were to take action, they must not lose.
In such a situation of authority, if they still lose, the lesser houses would immediately retaliate.
Barthomeloi's thought is—do not intervene, let the lower houses fight freely, and maintain this attitude and position.
In this way, regardless of who wins or loses, their prestige will never collapse.
Although the aristocratic faction is absolute, there is no guaranteed victory—this is the original state of the clock tower.
Now, with Moran ascending as the new king, Barthomeloi's authority falls under the royal power.
This already delicate balance is about to be broken by Moran.
McDonell's wave of advice to the new king forces Lorelei to also get involved in this struggle.
In this supreme voting resolution, the long-accumulated contradictions between the two major factions are about to erupt—.