Iruma's face ringing the the bell was hilarious.
Iruma is smart! He got people he can trust and who are incidentally super helpful. It's easy to forget when we see him smiling that Iruma has a lot of trauma especially when it comes to separation. Short term is still bearable, but they've been going from event to event, so it's become super stressful (for me, a reader).
While being strong alone is something positive, Iruma doesn't need that, he's been strong alone for 15 years. He's survived and struggled enough. And you can't build a kingdom by yourself.
Diana is so deep into her hypocrisy that I don't think she can see reality. She's like a Karen or a petty HOA board member. They believe strongly in nonsense that isn't real.
Instead of thinking of herself as a Royal and learning and accepting those responsibilities, she thinks of herself as an untouchable, not a Saint. Cause girly ain't out there feeding and healing the poor. She depends on the church for her good deeds, and, lol.
Hestia is at least an understandable case study for me. She's never wanted to be here, she just wanted to watch the story play out but saw a terrible ending where her fave continuously self harms and finally had enough. She decided to change the ending! But she's never thought about her ending, this is where she is now.
Hess has to think about herself and what she wants, it's not simple because her support system is based on this made up identity. She doesn't even know if she'll be alive in a few months, she's trying her best.
Lol, poor Hess! The ending cracked me up.
She got the 'truth' out of Diana, which kind of blew my mind. Diana is nuts and hasn't even acknowledge anything that's going on around her, in her mind as long as Hestia is banished and Kael returns all her problems are solved. Like gurl..? At least get a lawyer or something. I can't with crazy (and stupid) people.
Though I do find it sad how different both Diana and Helios looked on their wedding day. Just blissfully happy, I felt that it was a pity until I remember what poor Kael was like at that moment. Not even their fleeting happiness was real since it was built of the pain of a friend they used for dirty work and discarded.
Hestia is one of the rare protagonists that didn't come to change the story, she lived the original and just fangirled, yet still got a re-do, so she decided to throw hands. I find her understandable.





Flabby is justice!
The only one allowed to poke Iruma's soft tummy is Clarin :D
Being a king is all hard work and boring, making a king is fun and you can walk away after. Iruma is going to lead everyone, he's setting off on his gathering phase.