Thread:Logarithma/@comment-33558089-20171204145736/@comment-26956659-20171230095434

well, thank you for your thoughtful reply. However, it will be better if we use rationale over emotion in this discussion.

this sentences "呆れた声を漏らす従者に小公国の王は小さく笑った. " especially this part "小公国の王", can be translated as the king of a small duchy/principality indeed. However, it can also be translated as the ruler of a small duchy/principality.

Yes, Luxembourg as a grand duchy exists today is probably because of William III of Netherlands' contribution at that time. However, nowadays the grand duke is equal to the king and queen of other kingdom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchies_in_Europe#Table_of_monarchies_in_Europe). Which has apparent parallel with the narrative of this fictional story line.

Yes.. grand duchy is 大公国 and even in Japanese, grand duchy of Luxembourg is ルクセンブルク大公国. And yes, 公国 is principality or duchy which depends on when this word being used. Touya have called himself as 公王 ever since the inception of ルクセンブルク大公国 as we can see in chapter #100. "「ブリュンヒルド公国」の建国を認可した. 公王は僕である. ". which we can argue that in this period of time, ブリュンヒルド公国 is Principality of Brunhild because of the politic relationship between King of Belfast and Touya. Which makes Touya a prince not a king of the principality. The title of Touya as sovereign prince also hold true, as we can observed in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco.

To complicated things around, if we see in this https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AC%E5%9B%BD "「王国」が一般に「国王」を君主として有するのに対し、公国は「公」を君主として有する. ", thus 公 is not a prefix but what people in japan called the monarch of 公国.

Therefore, if anything, Touya is more of a duke / prince than a king based on his country title. However, there's no sovereign duke only grand duke can have sovereignty (based on real-life situation). In conclusion, with all things considered, Touya is a grand duke or sovereign prince.

also, good night..