Got the same exact feeling. Also the time when both Peony and Hestia were abducted, Richt went to Peony first which is the most normal reaction. Cause if kept the family matter aside, fake or not he was exiled from the empire, so why should he be saving the empress first when the person who loves him this much and has done sm for him is also in danger? But his brother's reaction when they met halfway in the horses?? I was like dude wtf are you so displeased about, this isn't his wife, you should be saving yours and he'll save his. The look of disappointment like "how could you save Peony over Hestia" like damn how much more should he be sacrificing for your sake? Hasn't he done enough already? Like dude the empress is good with swords, Peony is firstly Sickly plus she's never picked up a sword in her whole life. Hestia definitely has more chances of returning alive which she did but it's not like that for Peony. Richt has done and sacrificed so much for them but I don't this they've ever done enough for him in return.
Exactly. Like the fact, they were just willing to let peony die is insane to me, if Hestia was the main character, this moment would be happier because it would be a bad ass female lead moment. I think peony’s brother should’ve came to the kingdom mad as hell and cursed everyone out.
I was so glad when Richt didn't return and stayed in Schtern or Stern (I forgot the name)
The way Hestia and Michael treat Richt is kinda gross like the way they just constantly let him sacrifice himself and his own happiness and his own wants and needs for them is entirely disgusting like this isn’t a happy family. The fact that Richt is built up to be this own scary man, but he can’t even fight for his own happiness makes him seem kind of pathetic honestly. When it was explaining his backstory, I was like this man is insanely suicidal, not actively, but in the way, he lets himself be torn apart, just to give others pieces of himself. The award he got for becoming a traitor to the Empire, even if it was faked and exile. It’s not like he took care of himself up there and was content with being alone, he hated being an exile, so what was the goal? What was the plan? If he was content, I think it would be better because at least he made his bed and lied in it but he hates his bed, so why the fuck did he make it like that? I don’t know I love the main character but I’m not getting the idea of a happy family that they try to keep selling and it’s pissing me off. I don’t care how his older brother and his wife used him because he doesn’t see that they used him.