I know it seems like Emilia is acting strange or even silly but she actually acted quite well about the situation she found herself in with the little information she was given by N°184 and Regulus got an overview of the situation and quickly came up with a plan and tried not to annoy Regulus at all times and knew he had to share this information anyway (there is always an advantage in knowing where the enemy chips are, to place yours and Emilia knew this). Here are a couple of samples from the novel: Extract #1 Emilia thought carefully about how to respond. She could imagine two main choices if she wanted to escape. The first was to break free from her position as essentially a hostage. Honestly, she could most likely slip away from #184 and get out of the building without too much difficulty. But if she did that, the floodgates would be opened, drowning the city. And from what she had seen of Regulus so far, if she was asked whether he would really go that far, she would be forced to say he almost certainly would. There was just too much risk involved with that gamble, so she had no choice but to scrap that plan. There was the bank shot where she fought and beat him then and there in a surprise attack-but that was most likely impossible. Her instincts were telling her that she could not defeat him by herself. The fundamental problem was a lack of options, so Emilia chose the other path: the bitter, painful choice of avoiding a rash decision and devoting herself to using this as a unique opportunity to gather information. Extract #2 She could not abandon #184 and the other women forced to be Regulus's wives and constantly endure his whims. Her spirit was roiling with determination. But no matter how much she screamed or pouted, there was probably no way she could change Regulus's mind. And if she tried to fight fire with fire, she would just lose against his overwhelming strength. So she had searched for another path forward, following Subaru's example. "Subaru wouldn't just rush into things without thinking it through first. It all starts with preparation." She pulled the sheets over the ice sculpture shaped like her that was lying on the bed, making it look like she was obediently sleeping. No one looking in from the door would be able to notice it was not really Emilia. And having done that, she would spend the time until the ceremony- "Here we go."
I know it seems like Emilia is acting strange or even silly but she actually acted quite well about the situation she found herself in with the little information she was given by N°184 and Regulus got an overview of the situation and quickly came up with a plan and tried not to annoy Regulus at all times and knew he had to share this information anyway (there is always an advantage in knowing where the enemy chips are, to place yours and Emilia knew this).
Here are a couple of samples from the novel:
Extract #1
Emilia thought carefully about how to respond.
She could imagine two main choices if she wanted to escape. The first was to break free from her position as essentially a hostage. Honestly, she could most likely slip away from #184 and get out of the building without too much difficulty. But if she did that, the floodgates would be opened, drowning the city. And from what she had seen of Regulus so far, if she was asked whether he would really go that far, she would be forced to say he almost certainly would. There was just too much risk involved with that gamble, so she had no choice but to scrap that plan.
There was the bank shot where she fought and beat him then and there in a surprise attack-but that was most likely impossible. Her instincts were telling her that she could not defeat him by herself.
The fundamental problem was a lack of options, so Emilia chose the other path: the bitter, painful choice of avoiding a rash decision and devoting herself to using this as a unique opportunity to gather information.
Extract #2
She could not abandon #184 and the other women forced to be Regulus's wives and constantly endure his whims. Her spirit was roiling with determination. But no matter how much she screamed or pouted, there was probably no way she could change Regulus's mind. And if she tried to fight fire with fire, she would just lose against his overwhelming strength. So she had searched for another path forward, following Subaru's example.
"Subaru wouldn't just rush into things without thinking it through first. It all starts with preparation."
She pulled the sheets over the ice sculpture shaped like her that was lying on the bed, making it look like she was obediently sleeping. No one looking in from the door would be able to notice it was not really Emilia. And having done that, she would spend the time until the ceremony-
"Here we go."