
i absolutely agree with you but except for the knight part, well in this whole chapters we rarely see the FL and the knight interact each other, and i can't see them end up together.
ren might be type annoying tsundere type, tho he quite gentle in his own way but i can't, the way he treat our FL. but he might be good to be a mate-revenge lmao.
then last, the crown prince... he left such a deep scar for our FL and if i was the FL i wouldn't be with him but in isekai manhwa like this, the FL would always ended up with the most powerful character such as the crown prince.

SPOILER!!
so..the prince, apparently he loves Elena even in the past timeline, he was being cold to Elena because he wants to protect her. He really cared about Elena's pregnancy and Ian. the reason why he acts like he hates our fl its because of spies in the palace. If he gives attention to fl, the duke will gain more power. also when he knew elena was killed, he executed veronica. Also.. i think its from the novel, but after elena's death, he talked to ian, his and elena's son, like this "Ian, Your mother. She was the most beautiful and well-bred woman in the world. So let's remember. Even though she lived as a shadow, she was a better queen than any other. Only you and I should not forget, Ian. Do you understand?"
huhu poor fl and ml
I can't root for anyone to be the ML. The prince didn't kill her nor was he the one responsible for her death. Also, he probably loved the previous empress, so that's why he couldn't love her for taking the empress's place. But she wasn't the one who poisoned the previous empress and she was innocent. So he shouldn't have treated her the way he did. She loved him but he treated her like his biggest enemy. So I can't ship them because the damage he did to her was very serious. Besides, what's up with him making "Lucia" sit with him when she was obviously uncomfortable. She should've also flatly refused. Then there's Ren. He's absolute trash. It doesn't matter he's treating her like this because he thinks she's Veronica and he hates Veronica. In her past life, he treated her like crap even after knowing she wasn't Veronica. He's a prick to everybody. Plus, he keeps tripping her, as Veronica and as Lucia as well. She got hurt from it once. So I'm not a fan of violent trash like him. The only decent one for me is her knight, but from how little screen time he's getting, I doubt he'll be ML