I agree. It was like, if he was smarter and a bit less pitiful, I would have liked his character more, but in the end, he and the duke were too weak and stupid to be good rivals to Adel. I also had legitimate hopes for Diana given her own realizations about self love and self worth, but I think she was supposed to just foil Adel who chose not to kill her self. The story would have been just as good if it was just about Adel coming to a new country with no idea about magic and fighting bias or persecution instead of having a everything be corrupt due to absolutely no one having a spine before. Like literally felt like all characters and nobles were asleep before.
Ok I read all cahpters in one night and I don't understand why the author went into a dramatic end for the emperor and daiana .. killing them off was a bit extreme for me ,, I wanted a redemption and healing arch for the emperor who was mistreated and manuplated since childhood, the emperor was not bad at first but the author kept making him worse with each chapter , and I wanted a side story for her brother as well