Surprised to see in this genre people in a battle actually using armor lol, usually they go for the highly ceremonial looking uniforms that wouldn't do much for protecting themselves from a melee weapon.
Kinda of surprised the original FL of the novel doesn't show up all that often. Since MC is suppose to be her food taster, thought we see her more often.
Seeing Mielle and Aria sit side by side reminded me how much Aria had aged in comparison to Mielle, who I believed is just a year or two younger then Aria.
Did like how the author address the fact that some stories would play up a character's brilliance or cunning, but then never ever demonstrate it beyond perhaps an offhanded attempt that just makes them look only competent at best.
Yeah, have to say, if he was supposed to be built up as a cunning snake that was quite a short sighted and dumb move on his part. Even had he succeeded in killing ML, the Empire had already defeated Sophen just recently and even without ML it wouldn't be hard to imagine they could do that once...
Yeah the whole "Duke buys entire hotel to kick everybody out for his bride-to-be" is extremely irksome, ruining a bunch of people plans just so his fiancée can have "the best experience" is just him being abusive with his wealth and status at this point.
Isn't Alicia's father a fallen nobleman? I guess everyone presume that both her parents were commoners and not realize she does have noble blood flowing through her veins, for what its worth.