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THAT GAVE ME THE FEELS the character development of the duke was so good I'm starting to question why Penelope keeps pushing him away when he's the one already saying that she can stay and looks at her as if she's his own daughter.
If u ever played an otome game you know the plot changes whenever u pick a choice, it feels to me Penelope can't see the changes and still views the characters the same from the start of the game(cuz she's obsessed with ending it and going back ik but-). I know she has the same backstory as the Penelope in the game but why can't she see the difference and the efforts they're trying to make even after they met a key character which is ivonne. LIKE GIRL THEY WANT YOU AND THEY HAVE AFFECTION FOR U THEY'RE GIVING U LOVE DONT KEEP PUSHING IT AWAY STOP HURTING YOURSELF POOKIE AND BE HAPPY PLEASEEEE
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This would all be solved if Rishar just simply became emperor!! If he ascended the throne and not ettiene then that bitch empress will never become powerful again. He literally will have power to overthrow anyone and he can use that power to protect ettiene too. If he really wanted to give him happiness then just become the emperor!!! It's not as free as running away together but it's the easiest way cuz the current emperor already wants Rishar to be emperor SO JUST TAKE IT AND KILL THAT BITCH OF AN EMPRESSSSS!!
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Rishar did not do that because he knows that Etienne also wants to become an Emperor
You will know in the later chapter
And if Rishar become Emperor, there will be people who will try to take Etienne's life as his existence can become a thorn in the kingdom
And Rishar just want to be Etienne's knight, someone that can protect
The two sides and the intensity of each one hating on the other here in the comments is insane I'm team director tho. Fuck minhyung. And fuck the pity sex that's gonna happen in the next 2 chapters. Its the fact that the bottom is dumb for rejecting the director and is probably gonna end up with minhyung regardless if he knows the truth at the end that's pissing me off. The manipulation is hard on this one
My exact thoughts lol