Another thing that's different in the novel

Since I've already talked about how Rishar was different in the novel, I actually wanted to also say that the emperor was also portrayed a little bit differently. Before I read the novel I hated the emperor because he was so spineless, but in the novel he actually had a deeper backstory. And he even felt very remorseful towards Etienne when he realized that Leona had been hurting Etienne, that he somehow wanted to repair their relationship. Still, I loved how Etty stood his ground and simply said he doesn't expect anything more from his father, just his political support. Even Rishar warned the emperor that he should just leave Etty alone because his mere presence hurts Etienne. I get that there's a lot of backstory that won't be shown in the webtoon but I still wished the characterizations were at least on point.