Both are victims in this whole fiasco.
The ML is a hopeless romantic who doesn't have freedom of speech, emotion and thoughts because he's the heir to the throne so his inner child is most likely crying and that part is gonna need serious healing so that he can be free.
The MC was lied to his whole life and isn't given any room to take it all in so he's gonna be mentally, psychologically, and physically unstable and it will lead to so many problems that he needs to overcome.
I'm rooting for a happy ending but I just wish we don't go the cliché of typical Omegaverse stories. And I'm pretty sure the number one enemy is Ms. Communication so I'm prepared for that.
I’m not sure if I agree. If you believe the crown prince, he’s powerless to call off the marriage. That’s all well and fine, but if he wasn’t also a perpetrator, he wouldn’t be leveraging Baekwoo’s freedom to make him prepare for his lifetime role as crown princess. He also hasn’t shown much sympathy for his first love whose life has been destroyed overnight. He’s happy to help, but usually when there’s something in it for it him. He gave permission to go back to college under the condition that Baekwoo study for the incredibly time consuming and difficult job he’s being forced to take. He helped with Baekwoo’s heat and I’m sure we can see where he benefits from that. Point being, the prince has never helped him without getting something in return. It’s conditional.
She's the perfect Villainess for me. She literally disposed and took revenge with careful plans and didn't get a guilty conscience. Plus the emperor is honestly adorable. I know he's like a blank sheet of paper and boring but he's just so damaged that destruction is the only thing he knows. Him loving her and making him feel emotions again just gives me butterflies. He's like a kid experiencing and slowly learning what emotions are.
The only problem I have is the scanlation teams having multiple versions of their names that I got a headache so I only refer to them as Emperor and Empress. I read this for 3 days straight after letting it marinate and it was worth it!!!
I thought it was a different manhwa turns out it was this one. This is one of my guilty pleasures and reread it when I feel like throwing away my morals. Maybe the other ML will join soon.