I checked the RAWs. I had high hopes for this arc to be another vixen vs. vixen brawl, but turns out the other one's just a slut. Boring. I'm passing this for the next arc, which is way more interesting.
The politic background make sense and the male-side pov is a great change from norm.
edit: Okay, read the raw briefly. The plot's slow going but sweet and MAKES SENSE for a story that's supposed to have otome-game background. Our protagonist has great skills and his previous only flaw was being...
Ran, you should dance one song with the Crown Prince and "accidentally" break both of his feet. You have plenty of witnesses to claim innocence base on your none existent dance-skill
I don't get the Empress, she's pissed at the Crown Princess because she can't keep the Crown Prince from playing around, but she doesn't like Ran always refusing her son?
Aah when will the sleazeball get poisoned? Hurry up Crown Princess
The main flaw of this story is the Cayena's "growth" as a schemer. She had two live times where she was a mere puppet but then she became this super schemer in the third? If only her growth was like Aria from The Villainess Reverses the Hourglass, with how the romance plot flows better here that...
@kaarme Snakes for anyone who works for science is okay, cuz' for them it symbolize "intellect". Snake on a businessman gives another message, even a fox gives a better image for a businessman.