I wonder if she is gonna collaborate with 'Sir Lancelot' to accumulate power via the business route. Right now he's been showcased as a financial asset for the Ares, but Alicia can totally do a 'Common Sense of the Duke's Daughter' move too. Then we'll get to appreciate a jelly Ares who may then...
THE HAND TREMOR IS BACK! Or was that the sword getting really excited about cutting down the chamberlain's blubber?
The greatest plot twist is Alicia is gonna be the one to teach Kai how to be a 'tyrant' XD
After reading this chapter it strikes me that the crown prince and Shuli have a lot in common. They both had burdensome positions forced onto them at young ages with responsibilities they shouldered in a way that would have rubbed many people the wrong way. This is just my assumption given the...
Is Duke Heinrich the creepy Voldemort fellow from the earlier chapters? The silhouette is similar and the author always makes a note to show his expressions when he's around our female lead. He's probably invested in getting his daughter married into the family.
Mr Voldemort has quite the beer belly there. At first the stained glass and candle panels made me think think he was a cardinal or someone from the religious faction, but he could also be a noble from the House of Lords or whatever-it's-called that denounced our fl in her first life...
I think she handled that pretty well for an ordinary person; i would have been paralyzed from the fear; fight or flight mode would have definitely been deactivated for me lol
btw silverboy is giving me some heavy ntr vibes