
I couldn’t even bring myself to fully finish this, it’s a shame because I thought the start of this story was great. The art I could forgive, the story I cannot. But thanking all you readers trashing this in the comments because wow, the FL is downright selfish and infuriating. Few stories spiral like this completely. I wish I could say it just got boring and dropped but no, this is a story if you read far enough you’ll likely drop from frustration or continue reading in disbelief.

It’s so interesting in the ending authors note they mention a 6th novel volume but the manga having to discontinue in the 5th- but I think the endings the same as 6th and just missing the content in between (or rushed)
I loved this manga, I was lucky enough to stumble across a physical copy (Japanese only, I can’t read it lol but it’s beautiful) of the 1st copy. Highly recommend to anyone who finds this and is considering! It’s very sweet, art is classic and the characters are charming and cute.

Was it only me that was rooting for the second male lead in the beginning? I thought the emperor was a jerk and was hoping FL would go for the brother. It’s a tired route this whole - emperor/duke in the beginning of a contract marriage but wait they catch feelings and want to make it up with an overkill of gifts.
It’s sad FL had no backbone for how she was mistreated in the beginning

This isn’t spoilers but just a hazard guess at what is going on with the flashbacks and my plot theory. Feel free to comment with spoilers tag if this is correct or incorrect
Maybe they met in childhood and Clodan got obsessed with Ray. Clodan in childhood tends to get fixated on habits and Ray seems like the only person he got obsessed with, which is why he confuses if it’s actually love or not.
The part I’m confused about if that’s an actual memory or just a hallucination when they show childhood Clodan with a grown up Ray.
My theory is Clodan is obsessed with immortality because he discovered a grown up vampire Ray (her true nature) and in his quest with magic became immortal but cursed. I think Clodan was hoping to become immortal so he can become the only person for Ray…Ray possibly was immortal all along and maybe reverts as a child and loses her memories if she is killed…? (This is reminding me of another webtoon if that’s the case)
You know that feeling when the plot just starts to spiral down the drain? Damn it’s becoming quite the mess
I don’t forgive the supposed ML for showing up with supposed fan service. I think we are supposed to be exciting because of the previous foreshadowing but this just lazy hand waving at the plot for this point. It’s giving this is ending in like 10 or less chapters energy, and I would hope not because the first season was really promising
Yeah, like this was really good the first season but now it's like all over the place and confusing like the authors wrapping it up hastily