
From the premise of the chapter, I get that MC's father is the an imperial prince of Elesbaine, and he married a lady from a fallen noble family. Zev wanted this lady (MC's mother) for himself, which forced the lady to seek a marriage contract for MC with someone else so creepy Third Prince uncle can't tap her daughter.
Caleb is also an imperial prince, but it's not clearly stated whether he's the brother of the in-line Imperial princes, or if he's the son of one of the brothers, which also makes him an Imperial prince, but for the next generation (after MC's parents' generation). Doesn't this make MC and Caleb cousins? Or uncle and niece??
Omg, this seems to be getting darker with each chapter...help!!

1. It's a mistranslation that should mean "concubine" or "mistress" (I don't know, I'm not fluent in Korean, so this is just a guess of mine).
2. Seungho has decided he will marry Na-kyum, so he makes him crossdress and announces "she" is a noble lady from far away. This way, his orgy buddies can't exactly object. Actually, even his dad and brother can't object, and he can legally get married to Na-Kyum.
3. The "fiancee" is a rumour, it's Na-kyum under the blanket. There's no actual "fiancee". It's just to get his ex fuckbuddies to stop snooping around and plotting because that's just annoying as hell.
4. He's not disguising that Na-Kyum is male, he's just outright announced "I'm marrying this man, because I want to". It's his biggest "fuck you" to the society he's in. A double "fuck you" to learned sir who said Na-Kyum is only ever a prostitute. Seungho marrying him legally makes him a noble, so the exact opposite of a prostitute.
5. Crack theory: it's the assassin under the blanket. Seungho is on a mission to fuck 'em all, as long as they are hot.
Yeah. Keep the theory train going?

I LOVE that for once, even the original heroine isn't evil-schemy,unreasonable, a mary sue, or an air head like a lot of reincarnate-as-villainess mangas/manhwas.
She sees through most of the male choices and knows they're all dumbasses. I do like Nine x Melissa, though Yuri x Melissa is just as great. It feels more like a Yuri v.s. Nine for Melissa's affections right now, though. Can't wait to see more interaction between all three of them.

Ok, so I think it has been said enough times that Hugh has a son, who is actually his nephew.
His twin brother Hugo had a son with who was presumably their half sister or cousin (or someone related to them by blood) .
Apparently Hugo hadn't known his Lady was related to him. It's possible they (all the adults at the time) hid this fact from the brothers and the girl so that they'll continue the bloodline.
Which is probably one of the reasons why current Duke Taran (Hugh) wants to end the bloodline. It's messed up and not sustainable.
The doctor, on the other hand, is obsessed with keeping the bloodline because he's somewhat distantly part of the bloodline (human descendants), and because that's what his family has been doing for generations. That, and because the Tarans went through a lot to rebuild.
Personally, though, it's not as if the bloodline would end even if Damien's bride isn't related to him by blood. It is mentioned that a Noble and human would get daughters, so it's a matter of changing the right of succession so that daughters can inherit the title and continue the dukedom. If the doctor means the bloodline as in the power they retain from being once magical, then yeah, that would be lost over time.
The inhuman strength of the bloodline would probably dwindle as a result, but at least you don't have to force all your descendants to be incestuous.

Yeah, like how Watanuki from xxxHolic was actually an alternate version of Syaoran, is Akiho somehow another version of Sakura??
Except they can't both be in the same timeline, which is why there's this time magic thing (Which might be Kaito's end goal), and maybe yhe reason why Kaito now pursues forbidden time magic is actually to save Akiho??
I mean, xxxHolic and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles both deal with dimensions as their main theme, I won't be surprised if the Clear Card Arc is a companion piece that exlores the theme of time.

I know many people ship Nameless with Jihwa, but what if Nameless falls for Nakyum after observing him for a while!? He'll approach Nakyum as a commomer and wins his trust, then ask Nakyum to run away with him under the guise of freedom. He'll be able to pull it off too, since he's a skilled assassin and knows how to "disappear". If that happens, Seungho's got one hell of a rival. It's a dude who's hard to find, and not afraid of hos (Seungho's) social position and power. That's gonna be one hell of a plot twist if it does happen...
"Now that she has the Crown Prince's affections, she can't bother to spare attention on us"!?
Umm, she's the Crown Prince's personal maid. That was established from the beginning when this weirdass pageant thingy began.
Rachel, you yourself was happy when the Crown Prince's personal maid waited on you. You said it yourself, how did she doing her ACTUAL job become "Oh, she slept with the Prince to get attention"?? How delusional do you have to be to conclude that??
"Carrying out the Prince's orders" is what she was supposed to do, her waiting on you was just the Crown Prince's way of monitoring you.
How did the title "Crown Prince's personal maid" get lost on you two people?? She is obviously going to be close to the Crown Prince? I mean, that's why she's his personal maid and not just any maid...if he doesn't take his personal maid on the inspection, who's he supposed to take? You guys? You both failed in settling diplomatic relations with that last envoy...
dem salty bitches: *sees Crown Prince walk down a hall with Marie behind him* OMG, Look at the slut trying to get close to the Prince! She trying to seduce him!
Crown Prince: Marie, please make sure this is all Settled and done.
Marie: Of course, Your Highness. *goes to filfill said task*
Salty b's: Look at her, making a shameless pass at the Prince!
Black haired bitch: Maid Marie! Stop this impertinence!
Crown Prince: *wtf face* Tribute Arial, you forget your place. You overstepped in ordering my maid. What exactly did she do that was impertinent? >:I
that last paragraph tho... i’d be so happy if it played out like that. or if the little prince tells her she’s acting out of place and then arial doesn’t listen to him and then crown prince walks in and what you said in the last paragraph happens :D
the goldfish are offended
...they'll forget the offence soon. XD
no bc it’s true