i know we're all on the lucas x athy situation (trust me, me too. i'm torn between the good boy and the ball of Chaos™. plus, i want my cute tsundere dad moments back dammit) but can we talk about the real ship we want to sail here? FELIX AND LILY. I WANT THAT SHIP TO LEAVE THE PORT AND SAIL...
the relationship is cute, the story sucks. everyone is conveniently stupid, and the antagonist is so bad that it just seems like the author tried to write someone smarter than them and failed. a lot of issues have disproportionately light punishments and the MC's trained-doormat super good...
i can't fucking believe the people in this story, the author's writing was absolute shit since the beginning and only worsened with time, the empress is and absolute idiot and a half that absolutely and miserably failed at adapting and taking advantage of her situation. i really only stayed for...
all this connection and she still trusts the random isekai man more than the emperor that both saved her life and is now being (somewhat) emotionally vulnerable due to her actions. the bar is a foot off the ground (saving her life boosted it) and she is crawling under it.
"my wife is you and you alone-" then announce it dumbass. this ML is so mf stupid, how'd he get through magic school and become the head magician with those two useless brain cells. the FL is pissing me off too, this couple is an absolute train wreck.