The reason why Prince Fritzen had no clue about Howard's identity was a simple one.
Howard and Taylor were of a higher grade than him and rarely had any interaction with each other.
As the Prince was just like his father and disliked socializing with many people for no productive purpose, his knowledge of who's who was weaker than most.
He was taught about the different families in their Kingdom and their family trees but he had never met them face to face.
This caused him to know almost every noble's name in the society.
However, if he was placed in a room with them he could not pinpoint who was whom as he had never met them before and only ever read up about them in books and heard about them from his tutors.
Prince Fritzen always had limited encounters with people outside his class and the Palace which meant that he had no clue who Howard was.
Rutherford was just kicked to the curb! Step aside, Papa St. Claire, Demon holds a higher position now! XD
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