Empress is bad but the emperor "father" and crown prince is just as worse. Selfish bastards only want to satisfy their needs and ignore the supposedly cherished daughter's uncomfortableness
Take a shot every time there’s a word "Namgung" in each chapter
No Theodor don't leaaaaveee
Bad things happen when leaves :(
I'm sorry every time seme does a dirty talk like this I can only roll my eyes and sigh
The empire before Chloe appeared was probably shrouded in extreme misogyny even among nobles, so I'm glad Chloe's arrival changes things bit by bit for the better! Her influence is no joke, W woman.
I actually love seeing the MC cries every chapter and everyone in the comments is like begging for him to stop crying, it's funni (≧∀≦)
Someone remind pls why Philomel hasn't said anything about her bio family to the Emperor? I kinda forgot or maybe I missed the details. Why didn't she just say straight up that she's found her real family? Does she know about the fake Elencia already and decides to stay in the palace to investigate?
Something like that. There's also the fact that the magic tower and imperial gov are at odds with each other, as the imperial family's divine power and the mages' magic are each other's natural enemy.
She doesn't care about the emperor, she only decided to stay because if she left now it would feel like unfinished business. She grew up seeing Elincia as a perfect girl and the perfect daughter because of the book, and seeing her not only behave weirdly but also not getting along with the emperor is confusing Philomel because it goes against everything she believes in.
Remember, Philomel is often questioning what "family is", because her trauma revolves around that. She was deeply convinced that she does not deserve love because she is not the emperor biological daughter, while Elincia is.. Elincia is a very special being to her, so yeah she needs to investigate why shes different from the book, her own life's meaning depends on it.
Also, her actual father is basically the anti - thesis of the emperor, he is like his natural enemy, so telling the emperor that she is the daughter of the master of the tower (who is know for being chaotic) would only bring her trouble especially since it also means that she was born through an experiment like her brothers, who have a really bad rep because of it.
She was depicted as a refined young lady at the beginning but now she's just a coughing baby wtf what happened? Pregnancy hormones I guess??
Yes. Pregnancy hormones are no joke. You can go from being the most energetic to the most lethargic slow person ever
At least this manhwa has actual reasons behind it. Some manhwas have this trope as well (strong FL at first but turn into a weak baby when she falls in love) but it's just a complete 180 without any logical reason whatsoever.
Just my opinion, but I think she shows more personality now.
At the beginning I wouldn’t really say she was living. She just did whatever her parents told her to do. She couldn’t even be completely free at her cafe because her father could threaten to take it away at any moment.
But being with Yoongyo she can throw a tantrum (and feel relatively safe doing so) and yes she might seem a little whiny but she is also preggers and this man is running her ragged sexually and she has a lot of emotional turmoil and her parents are on her arse…like I’m not sure many people could stay “refined” in her circumstances? And the chapter before 42 she thought she was being chased by a murderer. So the start of this chapter she is understandably rattled in my opinion
Yes, this is prolly the best explanation Ive read here.