#it's like 1 in the morning and here I am diving deep into Leona and Ruggie's relationship

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I… don’t think that’s it. Souly because I am 99.9999% sure Azul would much rather curry favor with a king than make a deal with Leona. Aka, if it was “Leona tried to kill Cheka” Azul would have more to gain from ratting him out then he ever could through making a deal.

I agree it’s probably something to do with Ruggie lol

I mean, Azul does wanna try and get on very prominent figures good sides: Vil, Malleus, Kalim, Riddle. Leona wouldn't be any different in this scheme, Azul's just annoyed and possibly scared of Leona because of his Unique Magic (We saw what it did in Book 3).

Though it is like 90% plausible that it was because of Ruggie. Ruggie and Leona's relationship is interesting. While Scar used the hyena's for his plot, which backfired on him and he got mauled to death (and possibly eaten). Leona and Ruggie make schemes together, Leona plans it and Ruggie carries it out. They know each other quite well, which means for the two years that Ruggie was in Savanaclaw, he was interesting enough to Leona to learn more about him.

Ruggie's like the only person, outside of Yuu, to actually get Leona to do something. For Ruggie, it could be a "That's my meal ticket" situation that evolved into "That's my friend."

But like everyone in NRC refuses to talk about their feelings and the friendships they've made with others.

Which is why I'm also advocating for when Leona returns home, he makes Ruggie his adviser and part of the council (Meaning that Leona just gave the middle finger to Kifaji and made someone whose both poor and from a non prominent family have a say in their decisions)