User blog comment:B214/Talk About What You Want! 3/@comment-24098614-20150131133443/@comment-24468758-20150131205046

Zekram says that they are just a symbol and the head of the house of Bael hold the real power, but he never said they hold no power and there are a maou and a Bael faction within the politicians, so the maou do hold considerable power in the underworld.