
Pussy father, scared of saying i love you and im worried?
Pussy father.

Like bro, i know what you mean but that's still so frustrating becaude he's too weak in his resolve, he's just being a bit cold, that's not going to make her hate him, even in her previous life, she didn't really hate him, she just thought he hated her or would reject her.
If i was the father and i thought making her hate me was a good idea, i would buy her a pet and kill it in front of her, make her think that every little misfortune was because of me, make her wish i was never alive.
It's only when you truly hate someone like that that you can be happy at someone's death, otherwise she's just going to be sad, she's not heartless, death isn't something to be happy about in general.
It's annoying that there's litteraly no reason why he acts like that other than a dumb pretext to advance the plot. Like if it was something like "oh but you can only use the power of the branch if you hate your predecessor" it would be interesting to see the dad try to make her hate him but still fail because he loves him.

After the first 20 chapters, i got bored so i read a part of the story every ten chapters.
It's hard to feel sympathy for the characters, the "villains" are not completely in the wrong.
The two brothers are not wrong when they said the duke ruined the household but bringing in a mistress and from my understanding their mother was still alive, big yikes, wonder how it would have passed if he was a male lead, they're also not wrong about the favoritism, when mc is neglected bc she's not the favorite, it's not fine but oh if it's one of the main characters, go for it.
Nellan was completely in the right, his actions and reasons were comprehensible, i would've done the same.
Also what's up with the red haired duke "oh i dont like it when other men are flirting with my wife but if my son is attracted to a lady, who's engaged, ill support him"
Still, the angst was ok, dont waste your time if you want a good story, it's still a good story to pass the time

I agree about nellan. His actions were justified with the way the ml treated him in his past life, but the 2 "brothers" werent even the dukes sons. His wife brought other men into the bedroom and had affairs on a regular basis even in front of the duke. He just ignored it and treated them like heirs to keep the family image to them. Then when he fell in love and liked 1 woman, the wife plotted to kill the dukes lover over jealosy about the duke just being happy.
What is a black flag?
I see some people calling him a black flag, what's the difference with a red flag?
Irredeemable
Red flag: Oh the signs are showing
Black flag: Abort. Abort relationship ASAP for the sake of your life and well-being.