The main story is a serious political struggle, but some of the plot points are so silly that I am cringing so badly. The halloween party, the popularity poll, the crown prince and his knights working as attendants at a clothing store (...why?), I just feel like the setting is all over the place. It's awkward, because at the same time the class divide is really apparent; like how cesar fired the knight for accidentally badmouthing MC even though he had good intentions, or how MC had to scheme and discipline the maids at the beginning of the story. Or even how cesar executed someone who was his childhood friend for spying on the enemy during his military arc. I dunno something about it puts a bad taste in my mouth. Either be serious or be comedic, the weird back and forth makes the main characters seem vapid and fickle, even when i know they act intelligently during other plot points.
I enjoyed the story overall, and I think ML was cute, I'm just venting here because in such a great story the bad parts kind of stand out.
The main story is a serious political struggle, but some of the plot points are so silly that I am cringing so badly. The halloween party, the popularity poll, the crown prince and his knights working as attendants at a clothing store (...why?), I just feel like the setting is all over the place. It's awkward, because at the same time the class divide is really apparent; like how cesar fired the knight for accidentally badmouthing MC even though he had good intentions, or how MC had to scheme and discipline the maids at the beginning of the story. Or even how cesar executed someone who was his childhood friend for spying on the enemy during his military arc. I dunno something about it puts a bad taste in my mouth. Either be serious or be comedic, the weird back and forth makes the main characters seem vapid and fickle, even when i know they act intelligently during other plot points.
I enjoyed the story overall, and I think ML was cute, I'm just venting here because in such a great story the bad parts kind of stand out.