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I love enemies to lovers, which is why I’ve kept up with this for ages. Earlier chapters, from the school to the tavern, were really good about throwing in sweet moments between their bickering, so that you could actually see why they would start to see the other in a romantic light.

But somewhere in the weird magic and complex politics, they forgot to give our sweet Nunnaly any nice moments with Alves? So now it just feels like they would be stupid to have feelings for each other when all they do is bitch about how much they don’t like the other. (╬￣皿￣)凸 Yeah I like the world building, but I’m a believer in the world supporting character relationships, not character relationships being sacrificed to serve the world.

I really appreciate that they didn’t skip the honeymoon phase just because they had a baby. All the angst of the slowburn has finally paid off, we have to appreciate how far they’ve come!

Ethnic hair? On a woman? Who is tall with broad shoulders? And has dark skin? In a position of power and authority?

I should buy a lottery ticket, this is insane.

Ok so that noble boy is actually a criminal, not just a bully. Thank god for our protagonists, because if he just got away with daylight robbery and vehicular manslaughter, I’d reincarnate just to kill him myself.

I could usually figure out what was happening despite the bad translation, except for the last chapters.

So HOLY COW OUR BABY GIRL IS A PRINCESS NOW??? Like bona fide royalty, not just a nominal consort?!? I was expecting that to happen only after it was revealed Sanya was biologically related to the Empress, not by a “I bet you can’t” argument. That was so childish it was hilarious.

Usually accidental flirting is because the character is naive/oblivious, which gets annoying. But here, it’s because she’s intentionally trying to deceive everyone at first. Love me a female lead who is clearly intelligent and socially adept. And now anything she does is accidentally flirty because of ~✧repressed feelings✧~ on both sides!!!

I thought this story was gonna be about a girl finding her own self worth away from her toxic dad, but nope the true Protagonist was her male friend the entire time. Which is great for his character, but it really puts Dorothea between a rock and a hard place. If she becomes a good person, it plays right into Ethan’s plans and he gets all the credit for saving her. If she doesn’t become a good person, nothing changes and Dorothea never gets to develop as a character. Lose-lose situation. （￣へ￣）

The way the art shows the “outside influence” on the ML, though!!! Honestly gives me the creeps, seeing those messages become more and more invasive as the story continues.

I’m the kind of reader who enjoys watching a powerful, possessive ML grovel. Not because the FL has authority over him or is threatening him, but because she’s ready and willing to walk away. And he realizes that if he doesn’t repent immediately, he will no longer mean anything to her.

And I have been waiting. For SO LONG. For things to get worse. For the ML to cross the line. For the FL break. Just so for this moment where his desperation overtakes his pride and he’s humbled at the feet of a woman he thought he controlled. And by god, it’s here. It’s here.

I love the dragons in this series because of how cool and reptilian they look but why does the artist insist on drawing Blue with big forward facing anime eyes??? Baby reptiles have a different cuteness from baby mammals, so drawing Blue like a puppy just makes him look ridiculous and less dragon-like.