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To preface what I mean, it feels like a rushed ending like, they decided THIS chapter they wanted to end this.
Why? Because this was a slow burn with many different plot points taking place at the same time. What I mean is when Jerry got the book he realized every route with Ilya, even the cannon/good route was a bad route, as in a route that ended up poorly for the country and/or Jerry. We also were introduced to the book that required more pieces for more information, the shop keeper who stole his brooch (for something that I felt was literally going to be revealed in these next few chapters) and LITERALLY the terrorists that Ilya was “working with” who were still terrorizing the country that only Jerry could stop. Plus we were also introduced to the system being an outside magic force that Ilya could see and told Jerry was an unknown magic. There were so many build ups for something that genuinely felt like it would be introduced, yet this chapter/ending felt like, a fanfiction ending. Like why is it snowing now. Why does Jerry all of a sudden accept his feelings for Ilya. What happened to the terrorists. What happened to the crown prince. What happened to the books/server magic/shopkeeper. Like, were we not just building up to a huge climax?
I genuinely believe that the time between last chapter and this chapter the author felt maybe bored or wanted to move on and just wrote a scrapped ending. Like I don’t want smut or anything but why did it end when they finally started dating? Not only that but they timeskipped and got married not even a second after they started dating and then time skipped AGAIN skipping all the important “royals can’t live in the castle after a different royal ascended the throne” like I GET it’s like the mentor and he gave up his last name and right to the throne but? How? Crazy to have a slow burn then get a ending like that out of nowhere I’m honestly a little disappointed. By no means was this the best manhwa I’ve read, but it was definitely really sweet and I enjoyed the updates, so having such a cut off ending like this because the author must’ve hated it or something (genuinely only explanation I can think of with an ending THAT unplanned and rushed) just makes me a little sad yknow?