Holy crap so much plot stuff happened this chapter that I couldn't process it all. The only thing I got was
1. Guy argued with his mount
The rest just went over my head, my IQ was too low to keep up. If anyone could add to my summary that'd be great.
Kinda sad Athy ended up needed rescuing, I was expecting it but I was kinda hoping she would do some damage to evil maid or even straight up destroy her. With her magic. Her destruction magic. Specializing in destroying.
"Are you surprised by my betrayal? You don't look surprised. Why aren't you surprised?"
"Well tbh I've seen sloths that do better impressions of Usain Bolt than you do of an innocent maid"
Okay, so I know his parents are dead but hear me out on this. What if we made them
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People are mentioning Minthe in mythology (new info, yay!) but I just wanted to highlight Ment's origin as it was given here. Mint is notorious for being very easy to grow. So easy, in fact, that if you decide to put mint into your compost and later spread that compost around, you will end up...
Hakman, don't do this. It's tearing your loved ones apart to see you hurting yourself like that. It's not too late, help is available. Never give up hope.
https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines
Yeaaah, that's a hard nope from me to the ML. I'm okay with the classic "domineering ML" we see in a lot of these stories, but domineering =/= scumbag rapist. I even managed to get myself sorta comfortable with a 10,000-year-old ML who fell in love with the 14-year-old who saved him ONLY after...
"This is... cheese. No living being of this world could have created such a thing that humans have had for 3,600 years. It must be a fellow earthling!"
Like, how primitive is this world? Cheese is literally PRE-IRON AGE. It's older than the freaking wheelbarrow
Me, delusional: maybe this time it'll be different. Maybe it'll be a happy story for once
Page 4: god dammit, I don't know what I expected
Page 5: wait it keeps going?
Top of page 6: YAY HES GONNA SAVE HER BY MAKING A PROMI-
Bottom of page 6: aaaaaaand hello darkness my old friend
We're getting a do-over, but the title's still the same. Gonna be surprised of this ending is happy (though I'm sure it'll be better than the bone-crushing despair and guilt she felt from him dying)