I'm rereading and re-commenting on this chapter because it made me laugh so fucking hard.
This manga keeps re-earning the 10/10 I gave it, over and over and over.
For all this stupidity about her skin colour, just make it a non-human colour and there won't be nearly as much drama.
Maybe actual black, as in actual darkness, not just what we call brown-skinned people. Pure black. Like a 40k Salamander without the red eyes. Or blue. Or a light shade of purple.
Totally expected that marriage to go to shit. It's almost like people who have no problem swapping lovers at the drop of a hat just aren't compatible with the concepts of staying loyal or behaving nicely.
@redmikan
He appears to be of the subset of men who can quite literally never show positive emotions to those they care about.
It's a thing, and has been since, well, forever.
@Ushika
Because then it would be her word against the Empress's - a prince's fiance vs. the EMPRESS. In COURT.
Think about what would happen. She'd likely be accused of treason right alongside Cesar, and then executed.