
I found her sus even before ch 19. After all, what kind of childhood friend will let their friend self-destruct and not do anything. The fact that the og empress was criticised for her behaviour and she didn't try to stop her at the risk of breaking their friendship. Now ch 19 confirmed my suspicions because in no way her expression was a guilty one. And even if i'm wrong, i don't want her close to our fl. Better a powerful enemy than a useless ally. Anastasia's life was in danger because of her.

Girl, do you know the concept of cheating?! It's being able to advance through something without getting caught. Your master just asked you how many techniques you learned in one night and you actually said the truth! I can't deal with you anymore!

It’s cheating because she advanced using a cheat method that people don’t know about. People think it’s because of her hard work and aptitude. You stated before that she is not cheating anymore because she said told her master how many techniques she learnt. In my opinion that is equivalent to her saying that she aced blah blah amount of tests. It does not tell that she cheated to ace the tests.
Am i the only one who wonders who that 'uncle' is?
I feel like he's a recurring character from the og SL. It may even be that rich kid that used to follow his father around. I forgot his name ( ̄∇ ̄")
Wont Jinho (i think thats his name) be his uncle? Cause from what i remember he married sung jin-ah (shadow monarch little sister)