What do you mean, more like dark can you spoil anything?
In the manga we don t see her almost getting raped by a sadistic guard in jail, almost becoming a sex slave, the raw treatment the women got in jail, lots of beheading... I find the ML is more scary in the novel...
Or when the blonde gal entered the room and tried to seduce the ml, he treated her violently, almost got her naked by ripping her clothes, put her in doggy style and threatened her that he will not treat her like a lady if she does things like these.
I was shocked to realize the live novel isn t so sweet. It s like an entire different genre. If this is more shoujo, the novel is a little brutal. Still, I enjoy the change.