If you’re talking about Mikhail as the love interest, I don’t he would be considering the writer is seemingly going down the route of brother/sister relationship. Mikhail is lonely child and is isolated, purposefully might I add, because of circumstances with his grandfather’s reputation therefore affecting him. This leads him into craving that sense of family and he ends up clinging to Anastasia, who is an adorable, but peculiar baby (mainly because of her maturity for living about 2000 years) and seems to understand him. Mikhail wants what his best friend Damien has, a loving & doting family. He expresses this especially when Lara yells at him and we get a sneak peek into how he felt jealous of how she could smile so easily like nothing is wrong which is kind of sad because you have this child who is envious of the girl because she’s has the happiness that he desires and Anastasia relates to him in that manner, even afterwards, acknowledging him as her big brother just like he wanted.
Although, I could see Anastasia being more on the single woman side of things and not interested in finding a life-long partner, I highly doubt the writer would go that route, especially in story like this where there’s not much action and is more focused on the daily life side of things. It’s bound to brew some sort of romance whether for the short-term or long-term.
My theory is that Anastasia will end up with the person (who I’m assuming is male) in her dreams. If you remember (and they tried to sneak it in) Anastasia’s mother told her that the first dress she wears would show who she will end up with in the future i.e. her mother’s first dress being pink and her husband, Anastasia’s father having pink hair. Mikhail is blonde and I couldn’t see him falling for Anastasia because he’s known her since she was a baby. He literally watched her grow like a big brother or sister would. I think the person would be the guy from her dreams. The first time I thought it was Mikhail until after the dress scene with Anastasia’s mom and we see him again and you kind of get a glimpse of his face and what do you see? White hair just like Anastasia’s first dress which was white. I felt like that was clever (if the author even did it on purpose) because it’s so easy to overlook.
Originally, I thought the guy would be the child of the royal family until we found out Anastasia’s mother is related to the royal family so it wouldn’t make sense for Anastasia to end up with her cousin, so he’s probably going to pop up some later when Anastasia is older. As far as Mikhail, it’s still very much possible for him to be a love interest, you know that whole childhood friend love trope where it’s like “but he’s more than family” type of ordeal. Even if he’s a love interest, I think it would either be unrequited, where he has feelings for her, but she seems him as family, or a love triangle, but he’s not end-game.
But ai doesn't have its own artstyle anyways so its possible that those ai chibi stole some of the most generic manhwa styles.
That aside if Mikhail would ever go down the love interest route (hopefully not) he'd be a second male lead, the 'sibling approach and the childhood friends seems like 2nd male lead characteristics anyways ╮(￣▽￣)╭
great because I would actually be transmigrated into a novel if they were going to date ,
honestly dont mind a late ml introduction tho (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
Wouldn’t it be a love angle though ? Genuine question but there is a chance that Mikhail will be the Ml . Mainly because the late Ml introduction is rare since they get introduced early on
Most likely. I saw a photo of the webtoon art with Anastasia and Mikhail, along with another surprise- the boy with the white hair. So I think it’s a hint at them both being love interests. Personally, I’m probably not going to root for Mikhail only because I couldn’t see their dynamic being more than brother/sister.
REALEST, they're so sibling coded and it would be so weird if they actually got together .
To start off , is it just me who thinks thd art style looks too much like those chibi ai drawings ? Probably just me though .
The plot itself is good although its so cliche , a regressor who dies at a certain age and a duke who’s set to be her fiance . It’s already obvious on who the male lead is gonna be .
To add , Mikhail and Anastasha are literally children except for the fact that Sasha has lived countless lives making her more mature . It would’ve been better if they met as adults
Plus Mikhail and Sasha could see eachother as siblings cause if you see in previous chapters Mikhail asks Sasha if he could teach him to be a good brother ??
But for the good things , the plot is most definitely the best . Although it’s filled with cliches it’s still quite good .
I honestly wasn’t expecting the princess plot twist for Sasha’s mother . I honestly admire her for giving up the throne for her family's safety .
Also she’s a milf and yeaaah ( forgot to mention but the Emperor literally looks like that one captain from Haikyuu )