
So he hates her .. because shes his ideal woman physicaly, mentaly, in talents and in etiquet? So in his head she must have been sent by the stepmother, but if she isnt then..she is perfect.
In other words.. he hates that she is his ideal because that means he will definetly fall for her.

It's obvious he thinks the empress might have secretly sent her to seduce him and stab him in the back, and it might not even be the first time she sends a woman like that to him. If she's been his stepmom since he was very young, it's completely possible that his stepmother found out whether he had an ideal type, and what that type was.

Wow the ex is a real piece of shit..il only focus on interactions with the ex.
Spoilers from the raws.
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Later in the story Fl gets inwited to a banquit of sorts.. ahe is in the academy and free, she runs into her ex who desides to sit next to her, and insult her (he lightly asked "who" she had sleept with to gain freedome) FL is apauled and throws her drink at him, and he remineds her of his status and asks her to come back to him.. after all "hes the best she can get".
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Im skipping again and Fl has been atacked by an unknow mage, stalked and druged and almost kidnaped by said hooded mage.. The Emperor saves her every time tho and they grow closer.
Ex sends FL a letter asking to meet. FL is pissed and steps on the letter but choses to reply and meet him, tho not alone. She is escorted by a high ranking knight working as her bodygard.
The ex shows up and hits on her saying he misses her and so forth. Fl gets up to leave and he grabs her and and wispers (im guessing threats) into her ear as FL is afraid and unable to do anything agaist him.. The emperor arives and yet again rescues her by stating "My woman". Ex is shocked and unhappy. (its hited the ex might be part of the ppl trying to kidnap FL as more and more ppl learn of her power aka the ex, head mage, academy headmaster and so forth).
The Emperor apoligized to Fl for stating she was "his woman" as he felt that was the best and fastes way to destroy the ex'es grim on her. And i think it worked..
My own thoughts.
It seems some servants who witnessed the ex get rid of Fl leaked the info so his "honor was being questioned" and without FL's suport aka using her for free heals and care of his ppl .. his efficiency droped and less ppl will do him favores (Fl was prety much his free labor healer, healing who he asked her to).
With his power divindeling and more ppl knowing of her Power, he is getting desperate to "chain" her to himself.. even using her past affectino and relationship to threaten her (saying he knows her "true" background aka slum kid orpthan, and shit like "she is unpure" and he can ruin her and those close to her..
Hes a Real piece of shit that im hoping the Emperor will behead one of these days!

Some how..im getting the feeling that the "godess" is much more than what she seems... Hiring a assasin to kill the future hero who will destroy the world.. and yet she lets slip MC isnt the first one she has hired nor the last..
Why do i get the feeling she may be the reason behind the hero detroying the world.. Like giving a commoner with nothing the ultimate power .. just for the heck of it and then sending "toys" to see how it all pans out..

Let me get this straight.. the Heroin is in town with the prince (whom she stole), and yet the second she is alone she aproaches the hansomest guy in town even after he says to go away?... EH That Aint Normal Behavior... How did he look sick? Biach yuo have a man... you stole from FL and now your trying to get another with the exuse "you look sick, i can help you im not suspicous at all"... That alsone is major sus, and then when you lear its FL's man sudently she drops the worry about him?... Girl ...Controle your stolen man!

Warning.. if you like the way the story is progressing... stop reading...
The raws have ruined it compleatly..
Spoilers from the raws..
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in the raws everything was going smothly until someone dies in a suspecious accident ( may have been heroine that was killed).
They start to investigate but one of Fl's friends (boy with short hair and hreckels) is attacked.
They look into the atactk and conclude is a young nobel that dislikes FL for her blessing. They try to catch him by making a trap (Fl and prine at a ball). The guy takes the bait and aproches Fl to smacktalk her.. But the second he does a shadow wolf / monster breaks through a window and attacks. FL uses her spriit to restrain the monster and the king uses his to protect the ppl. The monster/ monsters breaks free and kills the investgation target. ¨
As things calm down the light spirit confides in Fl that the prince was strangely calm in the situation (FL was faces by a giant wolf like monster, yet he wasnt concerned). Light spirit king even stated she caught the prince grin when the target was killed..
Fl tells the light spirit she is wrong but the spirit asks how she knows for sure. Fl thinks of the princes usual charfull self and desides to look into it. She folowes the prince and over hears him saying "every thing went as planed" (prob refering to the nobels seeing the power of the dark spirit king and it using its power to help protect them).
It seems the prince has played FL from the start.. wanting to use her power for himself.. and in this case he put all suspiciopns onto a thorn in his side tha was "killed" by a monster. (monsters were controles by the princes head magician, who also used illusion magic to frame the nobel).
It Ends with FL getting caught by the prince as he throws a knife at her and smirks with an evil smile..

Og Eris may have been the villainess but i still think ppl are neglecting how her life has been because mainly Helenas has been mentioned..
Dont forget Og Eris was chosen to be the princes finace at a young age this means the following:
She had to have nobel lady lession + empress / queen lessons.
Nobel lessions are strick enought already, posture, walk, etiquete and so forth, now ad to that ruling, knowledge, language, + the stricktes teachers that dont accept anything but perfection.. And to boot a finace who hates your guts and openly flirts with his "playmate".
Just look at Empress Remarries so get an idea of the expectations of a future queen/ empress.. You are not aloved to have flaws, to show weakness, nor be yourself. you are moldet into the "perfect" queen / empress yet hated for it.
In this case Helena became the only real outlet Eris had.. it wasnt right to bully her but.. how would Eris have staid sane othewise with such a fiance?
Both Helena and Eris had neglected, abusive childhoods.. but only Helenas is highlighted because she is the Heroine.
The reason i Hate Helena is because new Eris is trying her best to put it all in the past and let it all go, but Helena wont let her and purposfully keeps draging her back ..even after she has admitted defeat.
And yet we are ment to pity Helena.. Despite almost every chapter where she apears.. showing off the privileges she has not only ower Eris, but all nobels and commoners.
The logic of the time is a nobel needs guard or an escort when going to town.. Helena can go as she pleases..
The same logic is that nobels need to send a request letter in advance before going to either Temple, Palace or another nobels residense as not doing so = very rude and uncurtious. Helena can go anywhere she pleases because of her conectinos with the Prince and Queen.. and noone will stop her out of fear of incuring their wrath.
A nobel lady cant be seen anlone with a engaged or single batchor.. it would stain her reputaion.. yet alon be caught touching or being touched by said man.. that would name her a slut / harlot in social circules. Yet Helenas is doing so and not just with a enaged man but with the hero and high priest to... and yet seen as inocent and pure.. and all because "she donst know better".
Helenas family history and its downfall is sad yes.. but sadly its not uncommon..
If they incured the wrath of the wrong ppl, insulted someone or even suported the wrong faction.. the results would be the same.. and yet they are still better off than being 100% commoners.. as they are ex nobels so they still have a bit of status in that fact alone.
Helenas mother has had a big impact on her "way" of life.. but at the same time.. we hear nothing about her grandmother.. who was the reason she was made the princes "playmate" (grandmother part is from the novel tho).
Helenas main reason for not being on good terms with the other maids are that they keep their distance becasue of her relationship with the royalfamily..and because she is an ex-nobel/ fallen nobel .. making her still higher in statuse than them.. and if they act incorect they may incure the wrath of ex friedns of Helenas family.
She feels bad because if she tries to compleet her work the headmaid gets scolded for her not comming when called.. But also feels bad for the maid who have to do her work ontop of their own... And yet we see her being bold enough to ask for help from the other maids with the work she does have.. This part just dosnt sit right with me...
Its like she wants the best of both worlds.. she asks for help with her given work yet feels bad when they have to take it over onece she leaves... Ofcorse they wont help you.. when in the end they end up doing it all anyway.. + ITS YOUR JOB... they can do their jobs alone without help so why cant you!
Another reason i dont like Helena is because... lets face it... How does she have so much free time despite being a full time Palace maid? She has time to go windowshoping in town... Time to visit the Temple when ever she pleases.. + the tea with the prince and company with the Queen and yet still manages to find Fl where ever she goes..
Isnt she ment to be doing her maid work when not with th royalfamily? Like does she have a personal cariage or something? It takes Fl... literal hours to go to the Temple and town in trancport.. and yet Helena is always there before her.
This is where im going to stop.. dont wana go to deep into thing..
I know many will say that Eris had the better life... but just try to think about it.. if you have ready any other magas with a fiance of a future king / emperor .. how intense the bides training was.. how physicaly and mentalt draining it was and ad to that this mangas prince.. I think Eris genusenly has suffer more than we are show..

For those defending Helena before it was revealed she acts dumb and ignorant. I say Re-read the story.. There are so many places where it is blatent that Helena is acting ignorant and is intentinaly pushing Eris's buttons!
I can List a few below!
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Chapter one! Helena is literaly sitting and smiling at the prince while he is stroking her cheak (physical contact with an engaged man). And still has the audacity to smile at Eries who she noticed before the prince did.... Also at the same gathering/ picknick Helena dosnt hesitate to grab the angry princes hand and stroke it... like it was normal... infront of both the hero and Eris (again physical contact and affection with a engaged nobel).
Think about it! If Eris held and stroked the hand of another man she would be seen as a slut, yet Helena does so not only with the prince but several men...
You know its bad when rumors of the prince and Helena is even know by the king..
Second time is just before the slap incident when Helena brings up that the royal doctor will treat her hand becasue "HE LIKES ME". Then the prince shows up and her face changes from a dumb smiling face to a pittifull puppy face and she touches him saying "i was in the wrong, Eris only taught me about etiquette" (literaly hinting that Eris hurt her to "teach" her knowing thats how it sounds), The prince asks about her hands and she quickly tries to hide them with a hurt face. Then the Slap incident happens.
Literaly every time Helena is see she is either flirting with someone or acting dumb. Yet she will smile and blatently bring up things that make Eris look bad.
Even back at the Temple when Helena was trying to "apoligize" to Eris for her pasive part in the Slap incident... She starts out saying "I want to ask you for forgivenes" followed by "You dont have to forgive me" and yet continues on even after Eris tells her it wasnt her fault as she did nothing so she dosnt blame her... yet Helena continues with "do you forgive me?"... (She literaly just said she wouldnt ask for forgivness yet does and wont accept it until Eris literaly says "I forgive you"). Eris avoids forgiving by brings up how smoth Helenas hands are prettier and smoother than a nobel laides yet she is a palace maid! This literaly destroys Helenas facade! She stands there with an blank shocked look like she only just realized just how privileged she is.. not having to do physical labor, yet getting the best treatment and all the food and care she will ever need.
After this you have the pavilion where Helena a single made is standing with a single man of high rank..Alone..
Literaly a pavilion in this era is used for nobel womens tea partys, nobel mens gatherings.. and declerations of love... So a single man and a single woman meeting in one = decleration of love. And yet we are to think that Helena is to ognorant to know this? (when its prowne she is acting ignorant... meaning she knew what the Heros oath ment...)
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The Heroin is a total biach. She drugs FL and puts her in a room for a high ranking nobel too Tarnish her (hes fat and ugly and one of Heroins backer).
Ml comes in and stabs the creaps hand befor he can get into it with FL.
Heroin and her backers are all capture and executed (duno about the Queen downguard tho).
Ml and FL atend a funeral and later get married, Ml lets Fl take over some of his work and later he steps down as king and lets FL be the ruler as she was more capable than him.
Fl is Now the King of the empire and ml is her right hand man and goes to meetings she is to busy to atend.
Many male nobels arnt happy with the new system that prioretizes over all citizen health and way of lifer over the Nobels. These nobels are caught doing hady stuff and removed by the King herself.
Later Fl becomes pregnant and the first child is a daughter with Fl's eyes and Ml's hair.
Second child is a son with Ml's eyes and Fl's hair and third child is daughter with Ml's hair and FL's eyes but a bit lighter.
The citizens under FL's rule gained healtcare and education so even a slumm kid could grow up to become an emperial maid :P
Fl is put down in history as the ruler who nurtured her nation and the oldest daughter became the next King to rule.
Wasn't expecting that. Not very satisfied with the ending but yeah everyone is happy so its okey i guess
I love the ending
Damn bad ass family
Something feels off
What does?
I AGREE!!!
That’s one of the best ending a ever read or:and hear ヾ(☆▽☆)
Their relationship is about mutual respect. And he's good at his duties. It seems off for him to just step down, no one goes "OMG this person is way better than me!!, let me give up my responsibilities to them and yeet myself out"
It makes more sense for them to work together side by side as rulers.
Idk 乁( •_• )ㄏ
I think the reason he steps down is that he rules like his ansesters did and that has its flaws, where as Fl sees that even a commoners talents should be nurtured so that they can become a strength of the kingdome.. The old way is that only Nobels have influence and no matter how talented you are as a commoner that gets you nowhere.
Fl gives the commoners healthcare and education and nurtures their ability to help the kingdome hence strengthening the kingdome and Ml sees this. If Ml stayed as king then the nobels would stick to their guns and not alowe change, but if Fl was king they would need sound arghuments to diss the kings plans.
Ohh it kinda makes a bit of sense
Hmmmm... I wanna eat some pop corn now