
Cheongryeo is just so creepy! I've felt it from the start. His eyes are so dead and dull. They're not full of life. Maybe it's because he has been regressing again and again everytime something goes wrong. Making everything perfect is just impossible. Did he get obsessed with regressing? #-.-)

even his puppies no longer help his emotional well-being and only cause him problematic rumour
i really love how this regression thing feels so fresh because of the non action-fantasy / dungeon/rpg genre. like... cheongryeo feels so much more eerie and tragic compared to most other regressors—exactly because the life setting is our normal, usual life.

At some point it started to get boring. If she's so smart and cunning then why is she taking so much time? Is it because she's young? Her father taking the throne was absurd in the first place. His reasoning was to rule as a substitute because the princess was still young. But, if you actually look back into history, there are several rulers who ascended to the throne at very young age because of several reasons. Though they were mostly puppets and the one holding actual power was someone else. So, it would've been more reasonable to have her take the emperor's seat while controlling the court from the shadows. Because the previous emperor already chose her as the only successor. And the nobles were so spineless! All it took for him to kill a few people to shut them up.
If I was him then I would've slapped Hayan two or three times already. That woman always ruins his plans with her yandere personality. I even felt bad for the dark mage, she really did have best wishes for Hayan in her heart but Hayan went ahead and misunderstood the whole situation and out of nowhere tortured the poor girl and even plucked out her eye. I won't say the MC wasn't at fault for overreacting and over exaggerating everything but still!!