User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 471: Until the Battle is Done, Review./@comment-25111584-20160201211822/@comment-7418318-20160203090240

Sure, but that was never the topic.

If she's able to not only block Erza, but land hits while she's in the Flight Armour, it speaks volumes of Kagura's perception speed.

And it also gives us a frame of reference just how freaking fast Dimaria must be to be so fast that even Kagura couldn't see the attack... unless of course the attack is invisible rather than too fast to see.

But with this speed+sword thing going on, I kinda want Ikaruga to return (of course with 8 years of further training under her belt) and see how she fares against Dimaria.

From the whole Eclipse Plan and the existance and nature of the Garou Knight, we already know that the royal family is capable of morally questionable actaions if they think it's for the good of the country. Hiring Trinity Raven to (at least attempt to) assassinate a few Spriggans seems like something they'd do if the need was big enough... and right now the need is massive.