
Does anyone else think it's weird that they're using eastern terms like "empress dowager" even though this is more of a European setting and they're also using terms like "dame" and "duke"? That kinda threw me a bit when I first started reading this. Then again, I don't really know anything about Korean history, so I don't know whether or not they eventually had European influence.

In the context I usually see it, like in different manhwa, it's just referring to the mother of an emperor.
After writing my previous comment, I looked it up, and apparently terms like "emperor" and "empress" were used in Europe at some point, which I didn't know. I thought they had pretty much always used "king" and "queen."

You're going back reeeaally far. I figured this took place at the earliest in the 1850s (but I'm only basing that assertion on the style of their carriages). Then again it's fantasy, so for all I know this could be the year 3000 where they're from.
Also, I always assume stories like these are taking inspiration more from British nobility and monarchy because of the way the characters look. But, yeah you're right, the author totally could've taken inspiration from other parts of Europe where emperors ruled instead of kings. It just seems so weird, because I pretty much never see those terms in these types of stories.
Okay, normally I have a really good grasp on things, but this story has me a bit confused. Why does the chairwoman think she's a dokkaebi? Why does she suddenly go off on the main character like "you better not be here to deceive me"? Bitch, you asked him for help! Also, did that dude cut his hand himself? Why did the other guy scream at MC and threaten to call security just because he walked over by the peach tree? Like, the characters reactions don't make a lot of sense to me right now.
1. the chairwoman is just saying that it's her(being a dokkaebi) even though she knows it's not (to protect her son/ml ig)
2. And to answer why she gone off on the mc, is probably cuz either she's scared of him or hate him with passion. (the hate part is most likely it, reading the uploaded chapters around the 20+ supports that claim)
3. She didn't really ask for the mc but his grandpa, but also the bodyguard(?) was the one that brought him to the house. And no, the ml didn't cut it his hand himself, that's why he's overly suspicious of mc.
4. The dude was just doing his job of getting the mc out of the house(though I do agree that it was over the top screaming and scolding someone like that but that can happen in rl too TvT) (i swear I don't have experience being scolded like that tho! ToT thankfully)
Idk if I made sense but hope it helped? (●'◡'●)ノ
1. That still doesn’t make sense to me. How can MC help her if she's not honest with him?
2. Gotchya. I haven't gotten that far yet. So her being that way towards him is just foreshadowing then? I guess it'll make sense when I'm further into it.
3. Yeah, but the point is, he's there to solve an issue. It just seemed like a really strange reaction from my perspective. This whole thing is just a bunch of strange reactions.
I think when I go back to reading this I'm gonna have to start from the beginning again. I don't remember anything that happens after chapter 3.