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Originally Posted by Jan-Poo
But the point here is that for Battler that wasn't necessary, and that Erika and Dlanor should have been aware of that. So it was impossible for Battler to be in a real pinch and it was impossible for Erika and Dlanor to seriously think that they had cornered him.
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There are two separate points at work here:
- That a solution immediately existed to the present problem so there could never actually be a Logic Error.
Even if Battler was adamant about not having himself be hiding anywhere in the room, he can simply break a seal. And the real solution was that someone in the next room over broke a seal, so...
- That a solution "maintain the mystery."
There was some implication in the narration that Erika could "win" in some fashion if she could catch Battler or the others in the act of fakery. I'm not sure
why exactly, but that seemed to be the idea. Thus, Battler just having someone break a seal and come rescue him would force him to acknowledge that his situation did require human trickery and thus he had "lost."
Except... that was Beatrice's solution! Her solution was just "yeah someone in one of the two sealed rooms broke a seal and left to get Battler." The Kanon thing was just sleight of hand to flummox Erika. The actual solution was, even in its presentation, as mundane as possible. This runs entirely counter to Battler's stubbornness to not do that.
So really, the only thing you can
possibly conclude is that Genius Battler is true, at least inasmuch as Battler only entered the Logic Error because he wanted to. A multitude of mundane solutions were available to him to salvage the situation (ep6 even says this), so there's no way he can be "trapped" in a Logic Error unless he refuses to take a particular line of reasoning. Which is fine if he's standing on principles to preserve the fantasy... but Beatrice's solution doesn't actually preserve the fantasy
outside the Kanon trick, which is unrelated to the actual Logic Error solution itself.
So what the hell was the point?