I assumed she was aware of Al's authority but she knew about RBD too, I wonder how. Al also seems to be aware of it so maybe he told her, but then how does Al know. The Al = Subaru theory must be true!! There was some more fuel for that with the way they both reacted to the alcohol.

Wonder how the rest of the characters and the whole world will react to Priscilla's death and what about the members of her camp, is Heinkel going to go through a redemption arc with Reinhard. Is Al going to join a new camp. Where's Schult going to go? So many questions.

I'm also still curious about where Rem will go, I thought she might go with Priscilla but that won't be happening now, the only other option other than going with the Emilia camp, which I hope happens, is staying in the Empire with Katya. I don't want to just get the old Rem back but I do want her to stay with Ram.

Overall, Arc 8 was certainly better than 7 but still on the weaker side of the story for me. Maybe my opinion will change when YenPress gets around to finishing the LN versions of arc 7 & 8 in about 5 years and I'll be able to read them again but for now, I'd probably say arc 8 was better than 1-3 and 7, but not better than 4-6.

Looking forward to arc 9 though! Hopefully there'll be a decent break so I have time to catch up on side stories