me too... maybe the thought of her standing up for herself during the shit talk is hard for her since shes alone but atleast if she has a better trust in ayne and not believing the rumors might have been better since ayne is her first friend... so then we can see that shes slowly having a confident as a princess... but i guess im hoping too much... also she need to stop being so proud of the duke... thats cringey and hes someone else fiance
Yee ok maybe having her stands up for herself and talks back is too much but she could have ignore and walk away from that lady, showing she have no intention to entertain someone who bijch about her behind her back, that could have possibly easily ruin that girl's reputation uuu rude I know but who's gonna scold her? That's the lesson that Ayne told her but nay she just stands there gloomily as they makes fun of her talking about the different gems names cuz they knew she most likely don't know what it is siighhh and honestly at this point I don't think Maria thought of Ayne as friends more like just an acquaintance she's friendly with? I mean she's openly lusting over Assad infront of Ayne, that's not someone I'd call a friend :/
I actually thought she was gonna get some character development in this chapter when she remembered how they're bad talking about her and Ayne's advice, but siiighhh she stayed silent, girl they're clearly making fun of you! You remembered what Ayne said, but I guess you can't understand it siiighh
and worst she's only interested when they're talking about the duke and lol have a proud look on her, like "yes yes that's my man" uughhh and when they started bad talking Ayne, she's all "poor Assad, how could lady Ayne do that... Boo hoo lemme ask the butler if it's true" I was actually half expecting she would be like "don't talk bad about lady Ayne!"
aarrghhhhhhhhh *rips hair out* man from 40-ish chapters this are starting to be ugh so blood-boiling headache-inducing bad, the story itself are still ok but these (*coughfemalecoughcough*) characters sobs Jay I need to see you please, you're the only thing keeping me here orz