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Others said the "the daughter's father is a cold-blooded emperor" troupe in manhwa is cliche, but I think the story is good for the manwha beginners. The main character, Athanasia, aka Athy, initially focused on her survival by making two plans; plan A was to live a quiet and peaceful life without being noticed by her father, which is the "terrifying" emperor, and plan B was to collect enough money and escape the palace. Unfortunately, plan A failed due to her accidentally meeting with her father at the early age of 5 instead (it was stated in the Lovely Princess that Athy met her father ... at the age of 9), which made her make plan C, sweet-talking her way into her father's good graces.

Throughout those many years of her pretending that she loves her father became genuine as she stated that "Even if Claude no longer sees me as his daughter because of Jennette, Claude was the first father I ever had, and I have loved every moment of it.". Her sincere love for her father made her willingly save her father from his curse, even if it is to sacrifice her life, which opposed her original goal to survive. The story also shows how Athanasia vaguely receives love and bonds from others that she mostly doesn't receive from her previous life. That made the story a family story and showed the importance of family and love (which is the most heart-warming part of the story)

The art and the character designs are a masterpiece, especially the signature jeweled eyes and Athy's daily outfits

The characters are interesting, especially the character development:

Athy - Although she lost her personality of being sassy (which I really loved that trait), she overcomes her fears of losing the affection of her and the other people they made. She gradually understands the people around her, especially her father, instead of judging them just because of what was written in the book. I also like her being sharp-minded, especially in how she deals with her enemies and those who threaten her and her father.

Claude - I know many people hated him for being a bad father. Even just asking for forgiveness from Athy needs his child to force him to do so, not on his own will. The most important thing to him is his character development. We know that he had a dark past, but that isn't an excuse for him to neglect his daughter. Time passes by, and as we witness his pov (especially chapters 101-102, which I'm crying ugly), we knew that he loved Athanasia from the start and will do anything for her even if his life will put in danger (just like Athy to him) which made me forgive him, although the novel version of them warming up is better than the manhwa version as I heard (I'll try to read it if I have enough time).

Lucas - Though he's rude to others, he's a fun person that would spend time with, especially his interactions with Athy. One thing that made me admire him is how he lowkey supports Athy even though some are "irritating" him, which makes him very funny. The only thing that I don't like is how he's insensitive to others, which is the reason why Aeternitas (the one who's obsessed with Lucas) became a villain (he's the only one who turned like that out of all Lucas rejected according to him). Though, we already know that from his childhood, he isn't really attached to emotions, which is why his master pitied him and said "A day will come when you understand, but perhaps it's best for you to never know.". You can see how he changed so much before and after he met Athy.

Jeanette - This is quite interesting because they said that her personality is different from the novel compared to the manhwa. Since we are talking about manhwa, let's talk about this version. At first, I dislike her for being naive and fragile but pitied her because she wasn't experienced in interacting and socializing with other people because her uncle limited her to go outside since she was made of black magic until I started to like her when she had character development when Aeternitas tried to possess her and she wasn't easily swayed anymore. I would love to see how does Jeanette look like if Spoon didn't change her personality.

The problem is:

- The climax part is kinda dry and rushed. It's kinda bland and not so exciting, especially when they healed Claude's curse, Claude and Athy opened up their thoughts, and the confrontation of Aeternitas and sealing him. The way how they resolved the problems was kinda simple and short.

- The romance thing. Some parts of it feel like just a filler to make the story longer or just a fanservice like it doesn't give any sense to it. If Spoon planned to make the story family-focused, they should stick with it. Though everything started in chapter 115 was a good start, there was so much potential to it, but when Athy said "I don't need to get married!", it felt like the romance part wasn't necessary anymore. That also made me a question "So Athy's gonna be single forever?" "Will she stand up to what she said or change her mind after some time?" "Who's gonna be her successor?". Also, she can be with her father even though she'll be married to someone and have her own family (Claude, don't you want a grandchild/children?"


Overall, the story is fun and exciting at the beginning, but the amnesia and the sleeping arc are more exciting. It's like "What will happen?" "What will Athy do?", but again, some parts of the story are kinda lacking and useless, though, it's still heart-warming. The Art is enjoyable and you will love the characters.

So that's all. Looking forward for the side story too ^^

Story - 8/10
Characters - 9/10
Art - 10/10
Overall - 9/10