This is not a "sexy mafia" webcomic, with a torrid romance, sex every 3 chapters and gang fights at the forefront. And it does not have to be. There already are plenty of excellent existing works about it (I have a whole collectionfor it) so why not instead enjoy the particularities outside of this box that we've been offered here?
Some of them are:
1. The platonic relationships are almost on par with, if not above, the romantic ones. That's very uncommon if not rare in this type of medium.
Seeing so many of you asking for this vital, beautiful, part to be changed, focusing instead almost exclusively in romance, a plot choice that already exists in bulk, is very disheartening to us who actually enjoy but almost never get it.
2. The idol aspect, which I'm mostly neutral about, is also an essential factor. The author obviously knows a lot about it and have fun explaining all sort of details. Asking for it to be discarded is futile.
With this, I would like to ask to each one of you for a favor: please think about what makes you stay reading this work, if these plot choices are so disagreeable to your tastes.
And now, being personal and also a bit petty, I'd like to say that as someone who really likes this webcomic, it is not very fun to come into the comment section to gush about characters, see plot analysis and have fun but instead only find people bemoaning the slow romance.
I have mixed feelings about the dad (present emperor). Because he is very much a victim of rape that had to stay married to his abuser under coercion, but he also left a kid with that same person. I understand not wanting to be involved with a child conceived from your violation, but sadly in this situation he was the only one with any power or inclination to protect Etienne at least a little bit from the empress, and he choose not to. I don't think the emperor could take him away from her completely due to his lack of familial connections on the maternal side, but he could've reduced the damage significantly and take him in after she dropped Etienne for being discovered as an omega. It is a bit cruel to pin responsibility on the emperor, because again he was raped, but there was literally no one who could've done more than him, and he just acted like the person who was capable of threatening someone's life while violating them would be above hurting her own child
Yeah fr but also the only people who knew etienne is an omega were killed when he was born so the emperor really never had a chance, not only that but the empress has so much power that it’s basically inconceivable for those who do know (etiennes personal assistant and the doctor) to do anything about his situation. Hopefully it all changes, I want etienne to become emperor!
I was thinking about a scenario where Etienne himself would trust the emperor enough to tell, but that may just put them both in a bad spot against the empress. Regardless, hopefully all changes! I want Etienne to either become emperor and ML his consort, breaking the discrimination laws, or Etienne to become his empress - mainly because it would be funny seeing him topple his mother and steal her power for himself
It’s definitely not safe for etienne to trust the emperor right now, I personally don’t think the emperor actually cares/cared enough about etienne to deserve it. Though I do want the emperor and ML to find out about the abuse.
Exactly what I was thinking! I hope that the author does put etienne as emperor too
Both her dad and her aunt were the "fragile beauty with a steel spine". The siblings from the north had the same type lmao