
Aas much as I ship Athy with Lucas, I think this chapter is just full of forced romance. Like, the conversation did not really warrant the "Do you want me to give you a kiss?" reply from Athy considering their previous interactions, even with the context of the convo being about the subject of payment. I mean, Lucas being interested in it CAN be excused with the hints of jealousy he has shown in the past but it still feels off. Even with Felix and Lillian. I don't get why the fuck are the characters suddenly so tactile when the past chapters did not show any sign of them getting closer, emotionally or some other. I hope the next chapters are not going to be rushed romance because for fucks sake, we went through so many damn chapters in Jeannette's POV; what was that torture for if we're going get cliche, rushed romance in the end?????

Yes, but even so, I still don't think that it was warranted given the situation she is in. Like, her father is dying, Jeanette is causing it, and Lucas is saying that he can't do anything at the present; then suddenly she says that? Uhm, why not one of the treasures in her personal vaults? Or it could have been phrased like "Then, what do you want in return?". Right? It flows better that way, seeing as Lucas is the one who has been shown to have more attraction. Them being a popular pairing does not excuse forced romance-y dialogues.

The Prince will not ask for annulment of their engagement. But why? I read back and noticed that AFTER meeting Princess Yuriwhatchamacallit, he did not have any thoughts to end their engagement. Even when Luze was asking him, he did not deny it or affirm that he wants to end it. Sure, he does not like her romantically (as she doesn't like him romantically as well) but I think the reason is because he's grown to think that she is turning out to be sort of maybe a friend. And really, being friends with your political marriage partner is better than not having any feelings after all. It explains why he's disgusted with kissing her hand, because they're not really "friends" by the conventional meaning of the word so why shouldn't he be disgusted? Ofc, some of the disgust must stem from the fact that he does not want to get married and kissing the hand of his "fiance" might mean to show that he's already accepting his fate. He's sixteen yrs old, being contrary is ofc par for the course even if he's somewhat mature for his age.

What a riot! I didn't stop smiling even til the end notes HAHAHAHA And I totally agree, Felix tops Claude. Full stop. What I'm on the fence is if Mr. White tops or is it Dark!Claude who'll do the plowing? I mean, Mr. White certainly gives off the feeling that he'll be good at it ya know???? Especially when he has his glasses on. My gosh I'm not even that gay for fictional characters but if I were I'd say fuck me immediately HAHAHAHA

I mean, can we just relish in the fact that unlike so many other manhwas out there that in this kind of situation would have hid the truth from the girls, the boys did not do it and actively told them what's happening. Well, they will hide it in the end ofc (from Dannie, bcs of the accident/ attempted homicide) but up to a point Dannie is supplied with info of what they're actually doing. It's glorious to see a friend group like this these days.

Spoilers...
Tia y Carsein ( + that one dude I don't know the name of) is ambushed OTW home from the estate of the preggy foreign princess. The assassins were trying to kill Tia, one gets a lucky shot in and Carsein gets injured protecting Tia. Thing is, he almost loses his eyes if not for the High Priest (or whatever he is called) healing him. Just thought you peeps deserve a heads up. Bcs boi, was I almost crying at the thought of Carsein losing his eyesight.
Oh! And apparently, as clueless as Tia seems to be to the fact that Carsein is sort of maybe not really but yes trying to (subtly? but maybe not) court her, she does know and by the Gods she still chooses to pursue Ruvel in the end. Sad.

but isn't it sad? That he got the port name wrong EXACTLY bcs he's like Orochi and the traitorous bitchass shitty artist? ONLY in the sense that he fully doesn't know Wano anymore; once bcs of the time travel thing, and twice bcs since coming to the present, he's spent the majority of his time outside of it, and when he was in Wano, he was busy trying to coordinate a rapidly falling apart plan. I mean, kudos to Denjuro and all, but I think it's just sad in the end.
I was really determined to like this, coz who doesn't like a good mary sue? But then, the FL is expecting too much of the Prince. The line "... but why is he so menacing about it??" really rubbed me the wrong way. Like, uhm who the fuck are you that a stranger needs to conform to what you think they should be acting? Really. Gosh darn, I'm so upset about this because this is happening with real life idols as well. People are expecting them to act like they do in fanfics and will suddenly go ballistic if they aren't. I mean, the FL seems like she has a good head on her shoulders (sometimes), but I really can't stomach anyone expecting a stranger to be like how they imagined them to be and then getting upset if they don't.
Sorry for the rant. Have a nice and safe quarantine life everyone~
I think she was like that because they met when they were children. They aren't really strangers.
Well, to him they are