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Originally Posted by Bogart
To which I'd say Al-Thamen are not that big of a problem or are not a problem that is all that easily solved. They hardly matter in the scheme of things as long as they don't accomplish their goal. The whole world does not need to unite to defeat them and Kou has no interest in helping them to achieve their goal.
In a nutshell, if you know you are being manipulated, you can do something about it. That's the kind of relationship Kou had with Al-Thamen. Now they're in a situation where Hakuryuu thinks either he has complete control over them or that they're dead. He thinks he's won and that is more dangerous than simply fighting or resisting them.
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Unless you think merely knowing you're manipulated is protection against manipulation, in which case, you're double-hosed.
Concrete example: everyone knows advertising is bullshit. It still works.
Concrete Magi example: En should have become emperor at his father's death. He didn't.
And you underestimate the danger posed by Al Thamen. They came very close the last time. Letting them have the power of a world conquering empire is a terrible idea.
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It's a question of character. If En were actually a bad ruler, Hakuryuu might have some justification for what he's doing, but En is not a bad ruler and Hakuryuu knows it. All Hakuryuu sees is a rival for what he believes to rightfully belong to him, despite the fact that the feeling is not mutual.
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En embarks on a course that'll mean either world destruction or world war (which they're in no way guaranteed to win). Whether Hakuryu's any better is debatable, but at least he's trying. And impeding En, which is something all by itself.