Hate the novel

WTF she was raped!? Where can I read the novel?

Really? Emperor, you mean, the current emperor (Lucius)?? (⊙…⊙ )

Seriously? I hope the manhwa really different from the novel

Where did you read the novel? Can you post the link?

You know, I actually started reading the novel just now, and from the spoilers I've read and what I've read on the novel so far, it seems to be historically realistic. The webtoon obviously is gonna be lighter, they do that all the time, but the novel seems interesting and very realistic

She was raped by one of her homeland superiors, right in the beginning of her military training. And yes the Emperor was a jerk. In the manhwa, they tone it down, but Lucius pretty much did the same, told his men to rape her because of some superstitious bullshit.

The novel is good itself, it's really hard to read and not feel bad but was quite realistic considering the times. It did show how hard is to be a woman in that world. There were even times where Poli herself did disappoint me as a reader, but we have to consider how people see her and how they understand the aspect of women straying out of the norm they heavily reinforce all the time.

Years later Poli did call the Emperor on his behaviour when they first met, and the Emperor did apologize and behaved better, so let's not take that out.

So saying the novel was bad just because treated serious stuff in a heavy tone is not the way. It's interesting, it makes you feel bad and when Poli achieves something its so much rewarding.

And pretty much everyone was a jerk to her, Donau, her father, stepmother, father, colleagues, soldiers, noble wives and so on. Everyone likes to enforce a certain way to be a woman to Poli. They look down on her achievements, her appearance, on everything. It took her 10 years to get respected as she should (even if not completely). So let's respect that.

Check novel updates, Its there!