
I see a bunch of comments about people calling Maxi useless but not the actual comments? ANYWAY I'm super surprised that's what people got from this, this is SO impressive for her and I'm deadass proud. Ruth was like "yo this is gonna be a dangerous situation" and she was like "aight I'm there" ZERO HESITATION. Then! She shows up, and despite having a stutter, she tells a group of 30 MEN to FUCK OFF because SHE'S the leader of Anatol now. This man (who's ab to be dead-dead, thanks to daddy riftan) literally humiliates her about what she is most self-conscious about, and she STILL talks again, potentially inviting more ridicule, in order to tell him, again, to FUCK OFF. Like the only way this chapter would make her seem useless is if you're reading it from the asshat lord's pov, she absolutely CRUSHES this interaction.
(Light spoiler for those who haven't read the novel, but there was no way for her to win this interaction, and what she did do was fucking dope.)
He straight up just went in dry with no prep and the sound effects are immediately SLAM SLAM like... rip I guess
That's what I'm saying, like no way he felt good, must have passed out from it
i mean... unless yaoi logic comes in and his ass just lubricates itself-