In a world where power and prophecy dictate fate, Imperial Princess Sveta is sent to a fragile kingdom to marry its crown prince, Claris. However, Claris is enamored with another woman and disregards Sveta entirely, allowing his faction to torment her.
But Sveta is no ordinary princess—beneath her delicate façade lies a sharp strategist determined to take control of her destiny. Disgusted by Claris’s incompetence, she sets her sights on the second prince, Sarges, a peace-loving royal with no desire for the throne—or marriage.
When Sveta boldly proposes a union, Sarges finds himself unwillingly swept into a treacherous game of power, deception, and unexpected romance. Will this unlikely pair defy expectations and seize the crown, or will their opposing ambitions tear them apart?
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0/5. Waste of time, boring story with a protagonist who can do no wrong (she, in fact, does wrong). If the genders of the Protagonist and Male Lead were reversed, I don’t think this story would be as highly rated. The double-standard of genders is insane. I stopped reading this not long after Chap. 15. In order to break her engagement to the ML’s brother, and marry the ML instead, the Protag
Now, let me be clear: I don’t dislike reading about protagonists doing messed up things. I also I like submissive male leads and dominant female leads, and would like to see more of them in romantasy webtoons. The Protag’s actions would be an interesting and fascinating inversion of several dark romance tropes, if this was a dark romance story where it fit the tone. Or if the Protag felt an ounce of remorse for forcing him to marry someone he barely knows. Or if this was the only way the Protag could avoid a wedding. But, none of that is the case. The Protag doesn’t feel bad at all, this wasn’t her only option, and it’s treated as a clever plan to win the ML over faster. It’s treated as a justified choice, because of the prophecy she’s trying to fulfill, and because the ML has some repressed feelings for her. She faces zero consequences. Even if it’s impossible for the ML to prove she’s lying to his father and the people around him, he is such a pushover that he doesn’t even get hold a grudge for more than a few chapters. He just accepts it. That’s not how people work! That’s not how characters should work! Regardless of how much your ML lacks a spine, he should at least have more negative feelings about this! If the genders were reversed, and the ML was a shy, mistreated princess living in her elder sister’s shadow, facing the same reprocussions for
I think darker themes should be explored. Banning them altogether is counterproductive. I think protagonists should make terrible choices, and create conflict in their own narratives. But regardless of your stance on the morality of your main character, using