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Spoiler for up to ep 37:

Well, it looks like Kazu-kun was right that Kirik is in fact working for Damiya, although it's a bit strange how suprised he was when Damiya told him to stay at his palace. Perhaps Kirik didn't know that Damiya is the mastermind? And why would he just give up trying to poison one of the beast lords, if that was his mission?
We still don't know if there is any connection to the real Saigamul. I'll be disappointed if it turns out that there isn't one, since too much was made of the inequality between the queens and the grand dukes people to just let it go, and have it be just a case of internal court plotting.

And we finally get a glimpse of how the court and Erin plotlines are going to connect, it looks like Damiya is plotting to reveal Erin's abilities when they visit Kazalm. I would have liked a little more intrigue when they made this plot connection..
But I'm even more unhappy about the introduction of the troubled girl student. There's this massive plot about to unfold; the Saigamul, the masked men/Damiya, Erin's abilities, the mist people, Shunan's ploy to unify the kingdoms, the whole tradition vs. doing what's right thing.. All have to be resolved properly in 13 eps, and we need to introduce yet another troubled little girl? The forced morality is getting a little too thick IMO.