
To be fair Hazuki is a nepo baby, im rooting for Matoba-san, give that nepo baby a hard time

I agree, the only time I dislike nepo babies is when they are all entitled and expect everyone to cater to them or simply put it they are incompetent at the position they are given. Hazuki however works hard and even tries to make time for his kids and spouse. I'd say he is one of the nepo babies who'll live upto his mam's expectation. And I think Shizuku just might end up next in line.

It’s simply jealousy. Nepo babies go against the grain of the social construct that “if you want something, you have to work for it”. They don’t have to put in the same amount of work just because their parents/grandparents etc already did. Just because they have talent doesn’t mean that it justifies them being a nepo baby.
But the term “nepo baby” has such a negative connotation that some people just hate it on sight. Being a nepo baby doesn’t mean that they’re automatically a terrible person or not talented. Example being hazuki (even if he’s fake but I’m choosing to believe there are “good” nepo babies out there). In general I’m kinda neutral about them.

This is what I always find weird. I mean people are okay if some person whose parents own a diner or a restaurant or may be a shop, inherits it from their parents but if that restaurant is an upscale well reknowned one or if its a grand hotel like in Hazuki's case, its called nepotism? Its the same with connections, if you are from workig class and your parents help you get a job through connections its okay but if your parent is some CEO, its again nepotism.

So Maythan was the Fate Stone all along?? I mean the monologue was kinda suggesting it
"roamed around the kingdom containing the power to change one's ultimate fate" -Carsen's death
"it could be right next to you" -Maythan prolly

Yes Maythan was the Fate Stone. Carsen had looked in the royal library as a child for a way to get rid of his curse and read about the stone. He ripped the book out of frustration that it was just a fairy tale and says "There's no way something like the Fate Stone could ever exist". It's in Ch 71.
It was right under CARSEN'S nose as it was inside Maythan all along. And he's holding it now because Maythan has vanished thus revealing the stone.
There is literally no part where anyone physically holds the Fate Stone until now. It says about it roaming the earth and changing fate which makes sense if it is inside Maythan because then it can 'roam' because it's moving with Maythan and Maythan has been the one changing the storyline/fates around him. The Fate Stone brought him to the world and that's why Maythan could never find it because it was inside him, likely also giving him that power he has to nullify magic.

I don't know I never read the book.
When I got to chapter 71 I had also guessed he was the stone just based on the prophecy, context in the story, and general story structures.
I thought it was pretty clear in this chapter as well. I think you misremembering what happened before in the story made it more difficult to connect why it was there since you thought Carsen had it the whole time. Thinking it had already been found would change how you view the chapter when you initially read it.
Its satisfying to see Alexis being obedient towards Eugene like our MC deserves the princess treatment