This looks interesting. Feels like Kemonomichi without the wrestling and ecchi bits but delve deeper than into the animal stuff. Please keep translating.
lmao I guess we all might as well accept this cliche shonen trope so we can skip another cliche trope, that is, another 3-4 one-on-one fights including powerup flashbacks.
I like how her decision to not involve with her mother outburst reflect the maid respect on her. Like, are you just fine watching a mother beating up her daughter black and blue and expect her to take the brunt every time just so your coworker wont get hit?
Pineapple on pizza: Yes
Did the 2nd cardinal plan for the emperor to marry the pope so he can succeed as the next pope if the sleeping poison plan didnt work? Thinking about it, it would be hard for her to be seen as impartial if she marry the strongest emperor of the continent. Probably Derek is planning for the rise...
It feels weird returning back to read the manhwa after binging the novel. Stuff like, oh wow I can't imagine her in that condition and motive. There's so much difference of imagination you can have with colorful drawings vs. reading block of paragraphs.
So the lil bro coming to pick up the surviving princess? Probably working together to undermine everything his brother has worked at. I sense the same event gonna happen again where the empress need to decide whether to save him this time or let him go to be punished again.