I know people are complaining about this being "mid" but it's honestly not that bad. It has a good story, it was just really rushed. If they took the time to flesh out the characters and the actual storyline, it would've been so much better. My disappointment stems from how rushed it was, I thought like yes? I guess Ventini could like Kar, but they didn't really develop their relationship that much other than "solving crime together," so their relationship felt lacking in that aspect. However, I think they were still cute together. Would loved it even more of the pacing was a lot slower... and dug deeper into the prince, the empress and the rest of the main cast ngl
the story is so bad. I'm over 20 chapters in because I'm a fan of the the genre. Several chapters looked like the MC was clumsy and impulsive, but it could be in a fun way... nope. I don't want to spoil with examples, so here's a dumb analogy:
It's like... if she was on a diet and couldn't gain weight or she'd literally die, she's the kind of person that would not only join her friends to go out to a buffet. She would skip everything except the dessert. She'd sit at the table devouring several plates of desserts while telling everyone it wasn't her fault, it was total coincidence, she can't help it because the dessert section is closer to the table. She was the one who chose the table. She's in a good mood though, because gee isn't she so cute and funny as she sits there doing exactly what she says she doesn't want to do? "Teehee, I'm totally dead tomorrow if I gain weight... I dunno what to do <3" Um, if you're not going to leave, then you could maybe not be walking over for another plate of cake, are you kidding me?? "I don't even like dessert, I wish I didn't have to eat this," she says as she gets another plate overflowing with cake.
Then she'd leave without paying her part of the bill.