While people are busy hating on the prince or jieun, I think we should also consider the MC and her feelings. I see that some are saying that tia is kinda stupid especially bc she looks as if she likes the prince. But looking at things as they are, it seems more like aristia has written off finding love. She even rejected Allen even though she had an idea of how much he treasured her. She's still in the dark about carsein and he's not as active as Allen was so lets put that aside for now. We also have the prince. All her interactions with the prince aren't really those of love and yearning. It's more like she gets surprised every time he makes a move on her or treats her kindly. Yes, she has also warmed up to him but she still gets scared - proving that she does not truly trust the prince. We saw that in the latest chapter, when she saw ruve out in the night. She still doesn't want anything to do with the prince (also the reason why she choose to wear the crest of her house). He also understands that and even respects her wishes to become the heir of her house by rejecting his father's suggestion to make tia the empress and jieun the queen. So I think its kinda early to really judge the characters as they have yet to really flesh out, especially when the 'villain' has just arrived.
While people are busy hating on the prince or jieun, I think we should also consider the MC and her feelings. I see that some are saying that tia is kinda stupid especially bc she looks as if she likes the prince. But looking at things as they are, it seems more like aristia has written off finding love. She even rejected Allen even though she had an idea of how much he treasured her. She's still in the dark about carsein and he's not as active as Allen was so lets put that aside for now. We also have the prince. All her interactions with the prince aren't really those of love and yearning. It's more like she gets surprised every time he makes a move on her or treats her kindly. Yes, she has also warmed up to him but she still gets scared - proving that she does not truly trust the prince. We saw that in the latest chapter, when she saw ruve out in the night. She still doesn't want anything to do with the prince (also the reason why she choose to wear the crest of her house). He also understands that and even respects her wishes to become the heir of her house by rejecting his father's suggestion to make tia the empress and jieun the queen. So I think its kinda early to really judge the characters as they have yet to really flesh out, especially when the 'villain' has just arrived.