The story was alright till the second half started The real villain was the emperor and he gave a poor apology and called it a day
The emperor made raymond and the blond one into villains and i would die on this hill
His actions: - favored one child above the other and made it clear - made raymond marry a woman he didn't love for selfish reasons and never explained it to anyone - ignored the bullying the FL suffered for 9 years (never did a thing at all) - used the FLs misery so she could work for free for almost a decade - orchestrated an elaborate plan so the FL was trapped in the imperial family and forced to be used as a stabilizer of magical powers without even knowing of what was happening (literally treated as an object) - slut shamed raymond's lover just because they were together (they were together even before he forced raymond to marry another person) - held the throne as a threat against raymond and never truly said directly if he was going to give it to him or not (while openly favoring calix) - saw the feelings calix had for the FL and manipulated him into feeling it was shameful and his fault - used the feelings calix had for the FL to send his grandson away so things would go his way - hid the truth about calix birth to manipulate the succession to the throne - hid the truth about the magic of the imperial family from raymond AND calix and why he wanted someone from their family to marry her
There are definitely more, but i got tired. If Raymond and his lover had married in the beginning of the story, no one would suffer as much. Even if the emperor never revealed the truth about the imperial family powers or calix's lineage. He could have even made an agreement with the FL so she could help the future emperor (i can think a million ways it was possible, like making her an employee with that exact function).
AND IT MADDENS ME THAT HE GOT WHAT HE WANTED IN THE END. Erin married a member of the imperial family, even if it was not the "ideal one."
The story was alright till the second half started
The real villain was the emperor and he gave a poor apology and called it a day
The emperor made raymond and the blond one into villains and i would die on this hill
His actions:
- favored one child above the other and made it clear
- made raymond marry a woman he didn't love for selfish reasons and never explained it to anyone
- ignored the bullying the FL suffered for 9 years (never did a thing at all)
- used the FLs misery so she could work for free for almost a decade
- orchestrated an elaborate plan so the FL was trapped in the imperial family and forced to be used as a stabilizer of magical powers without even knowing of what was happening (literally treated as an object)
- slut shamed raymond's lover just because they were together (they were together even before he forced raymond to marry another person)
- held the throne as a threat against raymond and never truly said directly if he was going to give it to him or not (while openly favoring calix)
- saw the feelings calix had for the FL and manipulated him into feeling it was shameful and his fault
- used the feelings calix had for the FL to send his grandson away so things would go his way
- hid the truth about calix birth to manipulate the succession to the throne
- hid the truth about the magic of the imperial family from raymond AND calix and why he wanted someone from their family to marry her
There are definitely more, but i got tired.
If Raymond and his lover had married in the beginning of the story, no one would suffer as much. Even if the emperor never revealed the truth about the imperial family powers or calix's lineage. He could have even made an agreement with the FL so she could help the future emperor (i can think a million ways it was possible, like making her an employee with that exact function).
AND IT MADDENS ME THAT HE GOT WHAT HE WANTED IN THE END. Erin married a member of the imperial family, even if it was not the "ideal one."