Again, I absolutely hate the arc after Baria has come to the picture. I like her a lot! But the story just began to feel like Baria IS the main character and not Lionia. And I abhor it. Its so boring and out of place! Like, the main issue is how the story became just a bunch of unrelated and unreasonable decisions which is sooooo STPID.
First, why would DUKE put of all people start suddenly like Baria eyes and get swept by them when he certainly had seen so many beauties and as a responsible, reasonable, cold and strong duke, he shouldnt be so easily swept away doing all kinds of cringy stuff that he himself get nauseous. Like, WHYYYYY, HOOOOOW is this even possible. And why he stopped being so terrifying?! He himself said he is kind only to Leonia and can only tolerate her. So whats going on?!
Additionally! WHY WOULD BARIA IS EVER NEEDED IN THE STORY??? Im not understanding it at all! The duke should be a person of effectiveness and not simply kind to every stranger. But Baria brought NOTHING, no information or any use! And he still accepted the deal? and what is this deal? is it even a deal? what she brought is nothing essentially. Duke had all the informants withint the administration so whats going on with exceptional familiarity and adoration with Baria????
WHY would Duke urge himself to go to the reception for just one woman as a partner when its not necessary AT ALL??? And why just bc of beautiness did Leionia immediately accept Baria as a mother??
The plot is not interesting anymore literally. You could see even now that everything going to be simply stated as "oh, it was easy, we did that and this and done", there will be no logical progress or interesting process further. Whats the point of reading a story that got simply a list of usuall plotpoints of every manga there is?
Again I like Baria, but the story is no longer It given that it no longer feels like a story about father and daughter, furthermore they changed their personailities completely, including their out of place decisions that doesnt fit the story at all.
Tbh i dont even care whats will be going on further bc its no longer interesting. Yeah she marries prince, yeha she will defeat them and thats it. Nothing to look forward to no longer given that I already see that author will simply put anything just to make story end, using the fact she is author and can do anything. She will discard all that characters building and etc, and will just force everything
this !!! and it's not as if Leonia's existence altered the story. they're still following the canon novel story and in that canon, Phileo has always been soft for Varia even if they didn't know much about each other, hence the comment about Varia's eyes which Leonia herself referenced from the canon. that's literally how Phileo and Varia got together in the first place lmao
Leonia was an addition to the story but not a catalyst for it to change. it's like OP got through a hundred chapters without reading or comprehending anything
Hestia is a solid middle. I dont hate her but also i dont love her or like her. She had these thoughts about world of the novel and etc which influenced how she saw the characters. I dont like how she got her revenge and I think it was really harsh given that these people didnt do it on purpose. Additionally she babied Cael tooooo much as if she didnt consider him as a human or an adult. However, i like that she was ready to do everything for Cael. I liked how she played everyone. But tbh, it also felt like the universe was on her side and she blamed og FL for that ahahhaha.
I dont hate but i dislike Diana. I think in some way she deserved it but at the same time like it was too harsh or too strange how her character just changed out of nowhere idk - from sweet and kind to stupid and selfish.
I like Helios. He actually is really smart and sweet guy. Like he did all the things correct except ignoring his best friends struggles. He caught that he is in the wrong on time and at the same time he wanted to be a good husband and lover. I think he is on the solid like bar.
I LOVE CAEL OFC. He is really a perfect man but I think he lacks some spice to make me scream for him. He is beautiful, smart, and has great body what can i say? He acts right and has the right attitude towards everything. I think he is the version I want to be.
I think i also love Dekima and butler more. just a side note
Story itself is more like 7/10. I got interested in where everything is going but it somewhat felt like torture dragging towards the next chapters. I liked the designs of characters but the decisions and necessity of actions was trully out of place or seemed to have a little influence idk. it seemed really like reading something that already has predetermined results and luck. So yeah not boring but not exciting either. Still thank you for the reading!