Still upvoted because it's a well written rant, You gotta admit the stakes for chapter 1 and the stakes after were very different though right, I think one of the main reasons I was so bothered by this webtoon was this implication I'm supposed to care about random queen bee high school ew-who-dressed-you drama, like no go back to the dragging your ripped tongue across the floor in preperation of ritual self-sacrifice thing, that was the real queen shit, Fucking hell OP made me ashamed to like it haha, but well I guess now I know precisely why I have trash taste. Last book spoilers (book 8) Lawrence's ending and his relationship with Lysia. Artezia thus tasks Countess Eunice to play the obedient daughter to appease Gregor, butters up Gregor herself, and sows seeds of discord in her own family. After all, what pregnant woman would risk a miscarriage like that? Was Grand Duchess Evron also deceived by the Empress? I think I addressed everything, but I do hope you could enjoy the series. How in the world did that lady's Forever 21 clubbing dress find itself in quasi-historical fantasy fashion. Nobles would rip you to shreds, not because they care about some chick getting abused, but because omgggg their family talks like they're so big, but they can't even afford more than one outfit for their child? An illustration of two cells of a film strip. But her dedication was rewarded with betrayal. Terrifying a visibly nervous butler for giving info the ML literally just demanded, which is treated as ML realizing that MC has a shitty life, as there's no other reason a butler would say "Oh MC's at the ball" to the scary 6'5 war hero duke glaring at him except abuse. although, i do have to say that this manhwa is pretty overhyped. it's not as much of an act as either of them would like it to be. The