
the ML would be far more interesting if this wasn't a second chance type of story. if we had stayed on the original timeline, this story would be so dark and fascinating. don't get me wrong, i like it anyway but making this a realistic manhwa with no going back in time would've given it so much flavour. i wish we could see more of timeline 1's ivorre!

Yeah it's actually a unpopular opinion
That would be utter disgusting stepson craving for stepmother and it's not like king had abused the mc in 1st timeline
They are Royal imagine a cp marrying his stepmother and she also not a concubine but a proper queen (2nd though) it's good that they got second chance

it's not like she was his stepmother fr though, he refused to call or acknowledge her as that, didn't he? her actions were more like an enemy's than a stepmother's. he had feelings for her in timeline one and offered her to run away with him (marriage isn't the only ending for a couple and timeline 1 sidis doesn't even want to be king lol "i never desired the throne"). i don't think it would be "disgusting" because she never developed that kind of bond with him nor is she at the age to be his mother. having the story stay in timeline 1 would just be a disturbing and darker version of the story and far more interesting than the overused back in time trope

im gonna be honest i read this at least once a month because this is the equivalent of shakespeare's romantic comedies to me and (much ado about) nothing can top its sheer ridiculousness and hilarity that have culminated into something of a (dante's) divine comedy that not even rumi's best poetry could 'top' (wink wink, rumi was gay).

well, the plot took a weird turn but tbh i took this as a polywin (eugene x cain x herrace were the realest ot3), would've been a better story w/o daniel but he grew on me, wished he became closer to everyone. tbh herrace also wasn't that interesting to me at first but grew on me a lot more than daniel did. ultimately eugene/cain cleared, would've loved an ot3 ending with them but ehhh, i loved the mls and the fl was ridiculous enough that it wasn't off putting.
most iconic quote: "my handsome men! where have you three been?" (passes out)

I'm already making time in my schedule to translate the three chapters (56-58) on my own but if anyone else with more time can, it would be greatly appreciated.
Or if you have 3 dollars to just buy the chapters, that's cool too. (If you're an American, you can even access them for free, just read my notice since the process is a bit convoluted.)
Read the notice and message me for details.
leo (the ML) is genuinely insane bc he went from pointing his sword at a 3 yr old to worrying about said 3 yr old's MOTHER being afraid of lightning / thunder and randomly falling down the stairs?? not the kid but the FL??? she's a grown woman, why would she be afraid.... can't even blame ogfl for being salty about being ditched atp. he's also boring af. the ogFL is clearly being manipulated and but it is so surface-level that it's not even made me curious to see who/what is manipulating her and what their goals are. mainly bc idgaf what happens to leo because he's literally a nothing burger of a character. lukas is very good but he's turning into the 2nd ML even tho he's more interesting than actual ML. love the FL's family, hate her ex husband and his mother, not even bc they're evil but they're just plain. everyone is genuinely uninteresting except mc, her son and ML's friend.