I'm sure the author didn't change and the story is paced the same way....its just that we are looking at unofficial scans of not the best quality so everything feels weird. I suggest you read the original English translation that comes out every week for the rest experience
But I kinda expected more from the boat reveal scene tho. I thought there will some grand reveal and explanation about how the idea was materialized. It looks to me like they just presented it and got over it with an apology. Then when Irene bumped into Charti when Charti was on her way to the gazebo, I feel like there should’ve been a scene on what happened between her and the Duke so we wouldn’t be left second guessing as to what happened. That’s just my opinion.
Uhmm I hate to be one of those people but I have to say the recent chapters are quite fast paced and seems like the story flow got bad. I feel like we were jumping from one scene to another. Lol. Translations of latest chapters are off and most of the conversation doesn’t make a lot of sense. I really liked this story when it began until midway. Only the recent chapters made me feel like I’m reading a different manhwa with sub-par quality . Did the author change??