I Think some people in the comments forgot one thing, is that Ludwig’s mother was never meant to die. It was Ludwig who was targeted. Right from the start it was the cake for his birthday, that he was meant to eat. The king being apathetic and presented as not very smart, I’m not sure it’s him, although hypothetically he could have wanted to move his other lover and his other son to a better position. My guess was that it’s the uncle who wanted to kill Ludwig right from the start. As we saw with Ludwig’s mother, since she had him she was less concerned about power and she wanted him to be happy, even if she wasn’t the prince. In killing him, the uncle could stage that it was the king who had done this and motivate a rebellion where she’d climb to the queen position, and could make him the king as he loved her and wanted to be with her. Also he probably didn’t want Ludwig to exist as it was a reminder of how the woman he loved had chosen someone else. Unfortunately (or fortunately) Ludwig’s mother ate the poisoned cake and died in his place, so his uncle hated him for that, but decided to still use him and create hatred in him toward his family so he would agree to stage a coup and to become the crown prince, maybe even helping his uncle access to power with this. It’s only a theory tho.
Otherwise, I love this story! I like the plot of Natalia being able to see emotions and I like the relationship she constructs with Ludwig. It seems like it’s about to be a short story but it kept me entertained and enjoying it all along. Only negative point is an attempt of rape, that was stopped cause I would have dropped it had it happened.
I Think some people in the comments forgot one thing, is that Ludwig’s mother was never meant to die. It was Ludwig who was targeted. Right from the start it was the cake for his birthday, that he was meant to eat. The king being apathetic and presented as not very smart, I’m not sure it’s him, although hypothetically he could have wanted to move his other lover and his other son to a better position. My guess was that it’s the uncle who wanted to kill Ludwig right from the start. As we saw with Ludwig’s mother, since she had him she was less concerned about power and she wanted him to be happy, even if she wasn’t the prince. In killing him, the uncle could stage that it was the king who had done this and motivate a rebellion where she’d climb to the queen position, and could make him the king as he loved her and wanted to be with her. Also he probably didn’t want Ludwig to exist as it was a reminder of how the woman he loved had chosen someone else. Unfortunately (or fortunately) Ludwig’s mother ate the poisoned cake and died in his place, so his uncle hated him for that, but decided to still use him and create hatred in him toward his family so he would agree to stage a coup and to become the crown prince, maybe even helping his uncle access to power with this. It’s only a theory tho.
Otherwise, I love this story! I like the plot of Natalia being able to see emotions and I like the relationship she constructs with Ludwig. It seems like it’s about to be a short story but it kept me entertained and enjoying it all along. Only negative point is an attempt of rape, that was stopped cause I would have dropped it had it happened.