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Cantarella Vol. 5


(Top left is Pop Dadexander, and top right is Chiaro with the Michelotto mask)
(also Volpe is who I've been calling Tagio but they've been using his last name a lot more recently)

Rumors about Cesare and Sancia reach Lucrezia at the monastery, but Chiaro whisks her away to forget her troubles at the Carnival. It looks like Naples is playing right into the Pope's hands- he might be putting Juan on the throne or something. Sancia gets annoyed that Cesare is not wrapped around her finger, so she decides to use Juan to make Cesare jealous. Her poor shota husband finds out, but more relevant, Juan finally snaps when Sancia tells him he was just a tool. Juan is tired of being a joke, and of being constantly overshadowed by Cesare. Juan attacks Cesare, but Michelotto!Chiaro easily fends him off. Juan's really going full Joffrey, which is kinda funny because he has a younger brother Joffre who seems kinda like a Tommen.

Jump cut! Michelotto is under arrest under suspicion of spying for the anti-papal faction. Cesare appears genuinely surprised for once, and starts trying hard to find where Michelotto is held and under whose orders. It's Juan, who unmasks Michelotto, recognizes him as Chiaro, blames him for Djem's death, and orders his execution. He's tortured within an inch of his life, but Cesare is here to make the save, in full grimdark mode. Tagio is here too, not that he's really relevant. The mom demon almost gets Cesare, but Chiaro tries to call him back, with unclear results.

Chiaro wakes up in a bed, and despite his wounds, sets off with Tagio to rescue Cesare. The mansion where Cesare is is actually in a parallel dimension set up by the demons or something. They need Niccolo to get them in, and Niccolo needs them to free him from some rubble. Cesare now has super saiyan bird powers or something, and Chiaro suspects now is the time to actually try to stop him. Doesn't look like we're gonna see how that fight goes, but nobody is dead and Chiaro is unsure if Cesare has been taken over.

There hasn't been a good time to mention this, but a chunk of Naples is to be given to Cesare in exchange for the Pope's approval of their succession. Juan is (justifiably, for once) terrified of being around Cesare after he wiped out Juan's minions in gruesome fashion. He's supposed to accompany Cesare to the coronation ceremony, though. He hires some assassins and tells Sancia about it in an attempt to impress her.

Banquet/assassination time! Tagio locks up Chiaro, giving the reason that Chiaro attacked Cesare, but probably just wanting Cesare to be able to tap into the demon stuff more and realize more potential. Juan attempts to poison Cesare. Niccolo busts Chiaro out, and it's time for a trippy and confusing sequence. Chiaro is ensnared by the mom demon, who turns into birds. Chiaro then literally drops into the banquet, where Cesare and Vanozza are hanging out, as well as Juan and Sancia. Tagio catches Chiaro, and they start fighting over whether to let Cesare get possessed.
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