Get your act together Keira

Who do you think you are to just brush off Kiera's trauma from demons? She went through hell, literally being framed, killed, and tortured by a damn demon, mentally and physically. Would you dare call me prejudiced for fearing men after getting assaulted by one? It's the same damn principle. Can you please just grow up? you can't even recognize the battle she's fighting to recover from her trauma. She had to apologize for her own damn trauma response, and yet none of you seem to have an ounce of empathy. Even Erez gets it, but you all are so close-minded.

That scene where she grips a damn sword in her thoughts because she was continuing alarm – that was a common trauma response btw. She was petrified, haunted by the prospect of getting hurt again. Why are we overlooking the fact that she never caught a damn break in her past life? Kiera, a girl who's been neglected for most of her life and shows signs of PTSD, her feelings should damn well count, just as much as some wizard who got his feelings hurt. Disgusting, that's what you all are.

How about let's not always use trauma to justify sh***y actions? No one's denying her trauma here, but the fact is she hurt Erez with her words. She's in the wrong, and the comments are only pointing out that she could have reacted better. Kiera's reaction would be warranted if Erez hadn't been such a good friend to her. It's a trauma response, sure, but she was still in the wrong, and as you said she apologizes for her actions in later chapters because she knows that it was not the right reaction. I think what's more disgusting is the fact you're attacking the OP and other commentators as opposed to replying respectfully. Just because we don't like how she reacted doesn't mean we lack empathy, close-minded or disgusting. I think you need to go back to school and learn how to make your point without being disrespectful.

Why should her trauma come from demons rather than just Cosette? She only just found out Cosette was a demon and before only had trauma from humans (Cosette who she believed to be human and her father). Does that mean she was traumatized of all humans? Obviously not. She even started getting closer to more people once reincarnated. So why should she be traumatized of all demons? It's true that humans fear the unknown and beings more powerful than them though so I understand why hearing "demon" makes her afraid as she just found out Cosette the demon wants to ruin the empire. Since Cosette is her only experience with a demon so far, it makes sense she'd think all demons are this way. However, I think she should listen to what Erez has to say about demons in the future as he can only help her if she's willing to accept the help and that way she'll realize that there are some good demons.

I understand her sudden shock and fear and needing to be alone to think things through which is why she yelled at him to get out. However the way she implied Erez was just like Cosette because they're both demons even though Erez was trying to explain that not all demons are bad was frustrating to read. Then again I'm not the traumatized one so I realize that maybe I should've thought more about her perspective and it's true that Erez seemed to understand her reaction. So thank you for your reply because it made me think about things in Keira's pov and opened my eyes.

I do want to say though that you're probably the one who needs to grow up if you can't debate without being rude to people. That just makes it sound like you're the closed-minded one stuck to your opinions and everyone else is wrong or "disgusting".

And I just wanna emphasize that ALL EREZ HAS DONE SO FAR IS TRY TO HELP HER AND WOULD NOT HAVE REVEALED HE WAS A DEMON IF HE WAS TRYING TO HURT HER INSTEAD
Yet she looks past that and more or less insults him by comparing him to Cosette.

No, but it is a justification. Even Erez understands this. How cruel could you be to say that her being scared and afraid is a terrible action? The way you guys are ignoring this just because of a white man, who probably lived a better life, got his feelings hurt – it's really disgusting. In fact, I think it's misogynistic. 'Replying respectfully?' You all can't respect a woman's feelings at all. You guys would always dismiss them for the sake of a man. It's disheartening to watch. Keira's feelings should always be taken into account, but that doesn't seem to matter because the feelings of your poor male lead are considered more important? I know you think this is mere trauma, but I work with young kids who have gone through violence. Your words reflect on the many kids who are subjected to this. That's why I was mad – there are kids out there who are traumatized by smells, places, objects, and even groups of people. What she said wasn't mere theatrics; it was just panic and anxiety taking over her thoughts. She didn't know what to do but to be on guard. It was a NORMAL trauma response and NOBODY should say these actions are shitty, especially when there are kids and people out there, struggling to recover. Just like kiera. She is a strong, admirable women who worked on those feelings.

See, you don't understand. You guys would never acknowledge her trauma when it's right in front of you. Let me break it down for you in an easier format because your thoughts only reflect the recent chapters. Kiera was framed, killed, and mentally tortured by a demon – we saw this in the first chapters. I don't know about you, but my heart cried for her. 'Why isn't she traumatized by humans?' Because shes literally human Your thought process is funny. Cosette was a demon, so Kiera's first thought of having a demon that close by her side frightened her. It wasn't bigotry or mere theatrics; it was simply a girl being on guard. It was panic and anxiety. It was thoughts piling up in her head, telling her that if she didn't defend herself, she would be hurt all over again. She didn't see Erez as another Cosette but rather as another demon out to get her. You can't keep thinking his feelings are more important than hers. I felt really bad for Erez, and I'm literally on team Erez, but you guys are so petty to attack the FL just because of his poor feelings. Why dismiss her feelings so easily like that instead of understanding it?

Again, NO ONE is dismissing her trauma here. Also, misogynistic, really? Just because I don't agree with her actions doesn't make someone a misogynist. Erez isn't just a white man, he's a friend to Kiera and even if Erez was a girl or from another race, her reaction was still bad because it felt like she did not trust her friend! She did not allow him to explain his situation! When all he did was understand her, she could not do the same to him! Everyone here agrees that Kiera was traumatized! And we all saw how much she's recovered and trying her best!! We're allowed to be disappointed with her!!! Kiera's reaction is normal as a trauma victim, no one's denying that, but her reaction also brought up something traumatizing for Erez. I think you're missing the point that Kiera and Erez are FRIENDS. I don't understand why you're so affected with our opinions?? People are allowed to react negatively with a character's actions. Life isn't a black and white world. Even in the real world, traumatized people do shitty actions, and other people are allowed to feel disappointed when that happens!! Human beings are complicated and flawed!! And not all situations are the same!! You can't just compare Kiera's reactions to irl traumatized young kids!! If you haven't noticed, this is Kiera's second life and she's been trying her best to be mature and to overcome her trauma, that's why we are ALLOWED to feel like her reaction is awful!! Everyone's disappointment is BECAUSE we admire Kiera and we thought she would choose to stand with her friend when that's been her character since the last chapters. I honestly don't know what you're so mad about!! Our reaction to Kiera's situation is NOT the same with real life trauma situations. Because we use our brain to contextualize things! Please learn critical thinking and attend a media literacy class or something to see how people handle criticism with FICTIONAL characters! AGAIN: no one is hating on Kiera herself, and we understand her trauma, but we just don't agree with how she handled that situation. She COULD HAVE handled it better.

We literally see that Joseph has not appeared since he comforted her and that Keira and Erez already apologized and made . If the author was gonna do that then Joseph would've shown up in the next few chapters and he didn't.

I honestly don't know why the author did that mess then gave us no grand reconcile. It messy writing but Keira reaction is a new change that's actual realistic to trauma, complain all ya want but majority of korean and intl readers like the realistic change. Though they do wish it was setup differently.

Your perspectives can have real-world implications. Holding such misguided views about victims of violence can influence the real world. I dont know what your yapping about when you the one who replied to MY comment

Humans are imperfect and capable of mistakes, but you highlighted the worst scene to illustrate your point. It's understandable to feel let down, but labeling a girl, who experienced a trauma response, as selfish, awful, childish, and worse, for being scared is insane. I called you misogynistic for ignoring the female character's experiences and emotions. "if erez was a female.." stop it there, the current situation involves a man which you deemed to be more important than a girls trauma. You only seem to care about erez's feelings. I know damn well that they're freinds, I'm even on erez's side when it comes to the romance but I'm not petty enough to attack the female lead for being frightend. Although you mention understanding her trauma, your grasp falls short. Your discussion of the matter is dismissive. Yes kiera could've fought her trauma stronger instead of responding to it but your initial lack of empathy and attempt to understand her character is truly bewildering..

Let me give you a a big hug because damn spitting facts. None of these readers understand even if they say they do they literally backtrack and "but"

And say* "but"

Needed that, getting my point across close minded people is exhausting. They keep changing their views

Just notice my mistake: I meant majority of Korean and intl NOVEL readers.