Artie was also shocked by these. Then again, she should have known when she first ran to the people's rescue. When the fire hit, no one even bowed down when the archduke passed by. Even when Larkin took her to that rented villa, the people only bowed and watched quietly from the side. Perhaps, it was also rooted in the people's perception of the gap between them and the nobility.
"Sir Sundance, do they not know who I am?"
When the queen spoke so with such an open yet repressed anger, Artie knew that it was not normal for a duchy or a territory like this. Then again, it's not like the situation was salvageable at this point. The knights couldn't possibly start declaring the queen's presence, right? That would be ridiculous, even to Artie.
