[ It's really not a funny moment at all – but Rei finds herself hastily covering a laugh. ]

It's really strange to think you might have been. You don't really seem much like a king... or I guess I haven't really met enough kings to make a comparison.

[ ... and then belatedly realizing what a backhanded insult that sounds like, she scrambles to correct herself. ]

Ah, n–not that that's a bad thing, of course...!