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Originally Posted by Haak
But nevertheless, haven't the scouts made a huge error in trying establish the Reiss bloodline as the official royals? Because then if they do that, all Rod Reiss has to do is declare himself Historia's father and he's back in control again (unless they assassinate him but I don't think they've mentioned that as part of the plan)
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Remember that Erwin mentioned how instigating a fake King would also be considered as a punishable crime.
While this doesn't seem to benefit Rod Reiss as much as the other nobles in term of personal gain at the first glance, it definitely put him on very hot water because he deliberately lied to his people and had a puppet government on his stead. Also, considering what the nobles know and conspired against the scouts, there is no way Rod Reiss could shrug everything just because he is part of the royal family. He has an active role in all the plot pinning down the scouts, which is by itself an act of treason against humanity.
As far as it goes, the Chart of Humanity takes precedence by a very large margin.