Is cousin-zoned a new thing now?
@Vilicus Too early for romance and Maria's mother definitely going to make appearance later to make some drama...
@Roadrunner9000 The mercenary group MC was in was working for the kingdom. Messing with a high ranking noble daughter from that kingdom they worked...
@Velsy Ascending is to ascend to upper world (heaven) from lower world (earth) or to many worlds above the current one. Let's just say that heaven is literally above earth lol. It's common in this kind of genre in Chinese stories.
@johnpoop2529 Don't believe the tags 100%. Nisekoi also have harem tag genre but at the end MC only have 1 lover.
@pikonyanko If you mean "happy end for childhood friend" aka "abusive relationship" then I think It's hard because MC have enough of her.