Girl, do you know the concept of cheating?! It's being able to advance through something without getting caught. Your master just asked you how many techniques you learned in one night and you actually said the truth! I can't deal with you anymore!
It’s cheating because she advanced using a cheat method that people don’t know about. People think it’s because of her hard work and aptitude. You stated before that she is not cheating anymore because she said told her master how many techniques she learnt. In my opinion that is equivalent to her saying that she aced blah blah amount of tests. It does not tell that she cheated to ace the tests.
Even his father tried to stop him because he knew you'll make a fool of yourself but you couldn't see the big picture. You just though he liked the duchess more than him. Im rolling my eyes right now. Even if she did did illegal things, she have a high status. This will not completly bring her down.
WTF!!! He's not even in love with her. He just hate the fact that a person who used to like him doesn't even want to associate with him and prefer to spend time with her husband. He's so childish. He can't have her so he's going to destroy her. The duchess was always kind to him out of respect and he's acting as if she betraid him. Also, he need a brain transplant. Do he really think she'll be able to open an illegal commoner's store without her husband knowing? She have Alphonse by her side and no matter how much he may be blind by love he's a model citizen that will always follow the legal procedures.








I found her sus even before ch 19. After all, what kind of childhood friend will let their friend self-destruct and not do anything. The fact that the og empress was criticised for her behaviour and she didn't try to stop her at the risk of breaking their friendship. Now ch 19 confirmed my suspicions because in no way her expression was a guilty one. And even if i'm wrong, i don't want her close to our fl. Better a powerful enemy than a useless ally. Anastasia's life was in danger because of her.
I think she want to seduce the emperor. In the Fl ex- live her Friend married because Fl and emperor were lover.