On first blush, one would expect that whoever's mocking the actual countess with this pamphlet ("I'm important, and my opinions are important" -- well, it's not like most pamphlet parodies are subtle) will soon wind up dead. But since that's the obvious conclusion, one must presume the actual author is safe, either by magical means or political position. Which makes it interesting that someone with that sort of power is trying to derail a plan to replace freedom of the pen with a scheme that requires paying off the upper nobility, by announcing it to the readers of pamphlets.

Kinda cruel, though, how the pamphlet author is trying to trick the stupid-and-gullible into bothering the countess ("Come and talk to me if you disagree!"). Maybe the resulting confrontations are intended to remind the nobles behind the scheme that there are enough stupid-and-gullible people around that they could be incited against the nobles? You'd think the riots were recent enough that a reminder wouldn't be necessary, but it's not like it costs the author anything to include the line.

The poor young woman. The slander laws will be helpful to her also.

Condesa Lucia continues to be shockingly (and likely dangerously) naive and open.  It’s almost a point in favor of relocating to Halymris… but likely the entire rest of her family and court (and advisors, and rich merchants, and powerful wizards… and considering her level of nativity merely mediocre wizards and merely well off merchants and guild leaders) will have schemes to exploit her naivety.  Dia does not think she, much less her sisters, have much of a chance against all of that in political maneuvering.