Derric is the bloody worst!! Seriously who the fuck does he think he is?? Sves some randomn girl...no offence to her(she's just a passerby) BUT he dares to save someone else when his SISTER was also in need of help...But also wants to interfere in her life...!!!What the fuck. Then in the future chapters he doesn't even believe her and almost got her killed..
Then there's Reynold...I don't know what i feel for him yet...
Honestly right now, we can neither blame Helena or Eris. Both of them are in the wrong. Helena for keeping quiet when she knows Eris works hard and pushes herself to be worthy in front of the Prince. When the Stupid Prince treats Eris that bad in front of everyone after she worked so hard, it's heartbreaking. Especially when Helena was the person both the Queen and Prince liked, when she didn't do things as amazing as she did. She was loved by the Prince simply for her Naivety. Now we know she isn't naïve but is just trying to not fall into trouble with her mum or anyone for that matter. Eris worked her whole life to be Empress. She didn't choose that spot. It was decided for her. Both of them never had the right to choose their own future. Both Helena and past Eris.
Eris is wrong because she chose to bully Helena who wasn't the source of her pain. Bullying is wrong, I agree. However, Eris simply wanted Helena to feel rejection and pain because she thought Helena had life easy. Which is sad because both of them are struggling. Eris chose to hurt a person who would have been the only person who would have had her back but her pain stopped her from seeing the picture clearly. We always blame something, she chose Helena.
The depressing part is, this really is how life is. Women hate each other because of their men (not all). When a man cheats on them, they choose to hate the woman more. When the man most probably never told the other girl that he was actually dating someone else. Men always compare women with other women. We need to understand that the person we need to fuck with is not the other women but that man who dared to call you worthless. The present Eris knows that the Prince can go fuck himself hence doesn't care. She knows that. She just needs to understand Helena now. The thing is even if she never knows, It's fine. Because we know she will never hurt Helena because of the Prince. They can just live their lives never coming across each other.
I see a lot of people hating on the ML but I don't understand why. The lives of so many were at stake because of the corruption, his dream was to relieve them of this pain. His dream was not to become the head or become powerful but to save people. I understand a lot of people would do anything for their lover but he lived through the poverty, knew how it was to be starved. Knew that he had to save all these people.
Saving the princess was a choice if she had decided to go to the monastery but she is human. She knew she wouldn't be able to live on knowing she was betrayed by her lover. She chose death, he gave it to her. He was heartbroken as well. He decided to live on with the pain and to make sure her sacrifice didn't go to vain and actually made the place better.
Tim, also another understandable character, goes through the pain of reliving his past through stories where he is the horrible villain. Obviously people will go crazy. I think the author had dome a pretty amazing job depicting each character. This is how a real human would act in such a circumstance. We have read too many isekai manga where they return to the past, take revenge or become extra powerful but she knew even though she was pure, she was ignorant.