Interlude: Divide and Rule

Divide and Rule.

Divide and rule.

Divide and rule.

Surprisingly, if you trace the phrase back to its source, it isn't a line that originated with that notoriously nasty country; it dates back to ancient Greece and Rome.

Julius Caesar mentioned it too, didn't he?

To put it simply……

It's a vicious imperialist tactic: split the ruled people against one another and make them bite and claw at each other so they don't have time to pay attention to me, the big shot at the top.

Actually, well.

Judging by the viciousness of nasty old England, it could be said to suit it perfectly as a unique skill, but……

Is it because it's S-rank...