
can someone explain just what the fuck is up with the count and why does he keep resurfacing as the key character with the make or break information? was he really killed just because he knew the secret of the prince's origin story? one of the comments also mentioned that he wasn't larriet's real father, so can someone please explain to me what the actual fuck is going on with the count??

It's because the full story isn't intentionally revealed yet because it's purposely building up the plot. Spoilers
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Keep in mind that everything I am referring to are things that happened in the past. So the count started a rebellion against the king (our blonde haired male lead) because yes, you heard correctly, Larriet is NOT the count's daughter. She's a princess from another strong and wealthy kingdom. Her mother who was really close friends with the count's wife, took larriet in. I don't know the specific reason for this, but the ML already knew of this secret. Because Larriet had royal blood, the count planned to use her in order to take the throne from the empress. He had no ill intentions actually, he just wanted what was best for the country, since he saw that the ML wasn't a good fit as ruler because he was a tyrant. So him, and the other aristocrats formed a rebellion, and the result of that was failure, leading to all of their deaths.

i like how she's having a moral dilemma because you can see how deep her grudge is against him. in her mind, he was already a monster before he did anything that warranted the title and if his actions state otherwise, she just convinces herself that he is one. i actually don't think she's a twisted person because at some point she still cares about him, otherwise killing him is easy and she might even get away with it if she covers it up well enough since he is a neglected royal, and she still berates herself for being happy that the prince is suffering soo.

me too... i like how she dont actually forget his sin and still want to get revenge. Its a lot more realistic than most other webtoon. i will not even be mad at her if at one point she just straight up kill him like he deserve it. i really hope she dont fall in love and sympatize with him super easily like many other webtoon and stay clear with revenge
"who would dare threaten me?" and then the dumb ML comes on panel ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ i'm still mad at the guy for being so dumb for the maid