#walkthrough

Verbatim from the game, the choices state:

“What about you, [X]?” You expect an apology from [them] as well.

Accept Behram’s apology on behalf of them both.

The person who asked me this thought the second option was the better one and interpreted it as the Crown defending X, but for the record, that is absolutely not what that choice means.

There is no option to "defend X" from Behram, because what X did at the coronation was a huge misstep. X is the one who instigated that argument and caused a scene at the Crown's coronation. That's basically like one of your friends starting a fight at your birthday party with another guest, except 10 times worse--sure, you can assume X had a good reason for it (and they do), but in the moment, the Crown does not know that yet. All they know is X starting an argument and blowing up on Behram at a VERY public and incredibly important event.

If your Crown chooses to accept Behram's apology on behalf of both of them, that in essence means letting Behram speak for X, which X absolutely does not appreciate considering that they hate Behram. Hence, why they also do not appreciate having the Crown basically listen to Behram and ignore X in that interaction. Plus, letting X's misbehavior slide does not win you X's respect either.

X respects it much more if the Crown holds them accountable, and also listens to them: in other words, if the Crown treats them like an equal.

So choosing to essentially dismiss X in that CH7 scene carries over into the CH9 scene, where the Crown has a similar dismissive attitude and lacks respect for X (provided that you do not have enough romance points--there is a way to choose the "wrong" choice in CH7 and still have enough points to get the high romance variant in CH9).