@Libri-Liberorum said in Goodbye, Overtime! Vol. 1 Discussion:
The prince wanting Ekatarina is all but certain, because Tropes, but I can't see this being House Yulmanga's motivation. Firstly, at this point they have at best a suspicion of Prince x Kate, it makes no sense for them to resort to such a drastic attack (and very little time to organize it). Secondly, the attack also happens in the game, where Prince x Kate is not a thing.
I agree, mostly.
Yulmagna might see Ekaterina as a threat just based on her family, so in that sense it is as likely a motivation in the game timeline as in this one, but either way it definitely is too drastic and too early an attack. Also, it threatened the prince himself, who was also attending that class, making the whole thing counterproductive to the effort to get the Yulmagna daughter married to him. Finally, it wouldn't explain the Dragon King connection, which we know is there from the game.
I still think Yulmagna is involved, though. Maybe this was a kind of magic "lab accident" rather than a deliberate attack? That would explain the lack of additional incidents in the game.
I hope that we get at least one non-Ekaterina PoV section on this incident and/or it's aftermath.
Also, the Prince mentioned Flora being safer now that she is officially under the protection of House Yulnova. I think that is probably true, but I still can't help but wonder how the school's Alexei Fan Club is going to react to Flora and her relationship with him. She already eats lunch with him every day (along with his sister, of course), so how could they not be jealous?