But I give up on this one. ML is not a cold duke, he's an asshole. The kind of asshole who put a woman who's playing the part of duchess and his daughter's mom in a shabby room and let his servants treat her badly with how obvious he made it look that she's someone he bought, not even bother treating her like a proper duchess or lady of the house (other ml at least do that)
FL can't defend herself at all, even while facing little kid(s).
I was thinking the same thing. Also if you read a bit further he pushes her out of the house because shes a “bad influence” on riri. And because she’s “intruding” on him and riri’s relationship when he’s really just an ass of a father who uses money to “bond” with riri. Like seriously, i was so annoyed with him when he did that shit.
The Somei household (Idk how to say it but I will refer them like this) raised Yoshino as a strong woman since she was a child, sure, they do spoil Yoshino like a little princess (she is) but they also made her tough. The Miyama household treated Yoshino as a young lady and a little princess (in a different meaning, because she's the only woman in the household) so they really spoiled her in the last chapter
I thought Loid reminded me of someone, especially when he saw Anya being taught by Grandpa Siggy(?), then I reread Black Butler again and he reminded me of Sebastian when he saw Agni with the Phantomhive servants, both are perfect in everything they do, but they can be quite clueless or helpless about humans.
Bonus : The way Loid used the strings to help Anya during the end of year party is literally Sebastian with Ciel on the circus arc
I was really early when I found this manhwa-- there was only one chapter back then, and this has came so far and it has never let me down. This is hands off one of the best hitman manhwa I've ever read