Leoni wanting to avoid the child version of her indifferent, awkward 3rd ex husband is completely normal and valid. She doesn't owe him shit, child or not. She doesn't owe a random child affection, help, or friendship. Her helping him during the trial was more than enough tbh. Ya'll absolutely MUST unpack why yall feel like males who beg for attention automatically deserve it. He's a child, so his guardians owe him all the love and attention. Meanwhile, I've seen ABSOLUTELY NO SMOKE toward the uncaring emperor who essentially left him for dead. Leoni doesn't owe the 8th prince a damn thing.
I fucking love Viola lol. I get so TIRED of the bashful "omg he's too close" scared of touch female leads. Sis was ready to get piped and I stan a FL who isn't irrationally afraid of sex. Ivan is such an adorable cinnamon roll and we stan a guy who doesn't need to be an asshole to be manly. Can't wait to see Kyle and Robina's dumb ass team up lol
For all the intelligence the FL is supposed to have (which is mentioned ad nauseum), she seems to be painfully devoid of any common sense. Any instances of her failing to utilize common sense is attributed to her being a scholar. She is a doormat with incredibly poor communication skills and even worse reasoning. This is probably the author struggling with how to incorporate the hyper intelligence they attributed to the FL but the needs for her to be dumb enough to allow easily resolvable conflict to play out around her for the sake of the plot. All this useless chatter she does with the emperor and repeatedly fails to mention the severe disrespect being shown to the imperial family. The ML is even worse. He's essentially a murder puppet with zero communication skills. I bought the chapters legally on tappytoon and regret it tbh. Had to come here to vent
I think you should check the comment above yours because it explains why she's acting like that, imo I agree with it since it is the true, if you think about it she hasn't had proper social life since she was young so when facing any conflicts like that she probs won't have a clue on what to do (=・ω・=)
Can't wait for Helios to hear his wife and her defunct ass divine powers yelled at the wife of a high ranking and influential noble over a man she rejected so she could social climb her way to being a princess. Also can't wait for Hestia's husband to hear the defective crown princess threw tea on his wife. We are finally about the cinnamon roll confront these backstabbing ex friends of his