
I literally hate that he's the ML, even after reading all the spoilers, I can't bring myself to like him.

miss ma’am wtf is wrong with you, you’re so aggressive. why are you defensive, I would question if you’re the one on your period cause all I said was ‘THEN WHY ARE YOU READING THIS’ then I said ‘ACTUALLY IDC YOU DO YOU’ and you’re like, ‘cHill you woke up in the wrong side of the bed’ I’m about to make it seem like I did the fuck.

I hope the webtoon deviates from the novel or something, after reading the spoilers - my blood is literally BOILING

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- I apologise in advance if any of the information I'm about to relay happens to be inaccurate, I've only gotten this information from the forum and haven't read the novel for myself. I've made inferences to make the information easier to digest hopefully.
"He [Emel] turns her down because they are not equal in age, status, and maturity. He thinks she might not really love him but is attached to him because he the one who always taking care of her since she a kid. Everyone [Korean readers?] were hoping for a new ML, but he returns as a noble to properly court her. The fans were hoping for face slapping because she talks a big game on how she was going to flirt with other guys to hurt him and she went to a bunch of parties but she realises she was being petty. She was also hurting herself because she didn't even like parties. The fans were like the 'MC is becoming stupid thanks to the ML'. They do get together but stuff happens and he thinks she dies (although she comes to back to life). He turns into a crying alcoholic which made fans see him as pathetic.
This novel is marketed for young women who want a fantasy romance. It's worse because the father and brother are so cool and all fans were hoping for a twist that reveals she isn't the daughter so she can marry the brother. I heard some fans prefer the incest route to the loser ML. The ML was also a secret mission for the dad but they kept it a secret so it doesn't hurt the MC. It also made her ashamed in front of that fake white lotus [??]. The ML did redeem himself in the end saving her from nearly being raped and freeing the family from the royal family but it took too long. By the end of the novel, fans were jumping ship. The ML became known among the novel community as only average at best or a pathetic loser. I think the Korean fan base is a bit harsh on him so I am curious if the American fan base will have the same reaction."
Another comment elaborates on the royal family, stating that;
"The blind girl and the brother friends betray them [the Castiello's]. I was rooting for the friends so I was coughing up blood. The blind girl was a victim who grew up to be the aggressor, and the blond friend is the attempted rapist. The royal family is evil. The knight is a teenager in this arc, but when he becomes an adult for some reason he a bit of a jerk too. This also caused the brother trauma and made his hatred of humans worse."
Mizuki is such a bad bitch man, I've fallen so hard for her-