Around ch 50

they drugged MC, who came to a ball with ML to their house, took her to a warehouse, held her down bringing a mid wife to check her v*rginity if she slept with ML her husband they forced her to marry, while the step sis and her mother told her how her mother pissed herself in that same warehouse when she cut her tounge, and they practically popped her cherry then threw her in the garden while party still ongoing

While useless ML was just waiting knowing they will scare her, even though MC made him promise to stay near her as she was afraid of them

Then gets fooled by the half sis towaste time if not for second male lead

And he simply gets a piece of land from them after threatening them and gives it to MC

Her husband is endgame and I'm devastated, there was no delicacy handling her ab*se or his neglect just make up s*x pow pow and all is over I hate this so much

Magic is mentioned throughout, but very little is described and it possibly may be in the later chapters I have yet to read, the author mentioned the ducal households having powers though what these powers are or why they are important to the empire as it's stated that House Antares fell in disfavour with the Emperor due to 'losing' whatever power that used to manifest in the Antares bloodline, so clearly the powers mean *something* to the empire. Otherwise, why make that statement?

In the novel, it is stated that the rebels were fallen nobles, there is so many reasons the author could've chose for the rebellion's existence, the class divide being one of them, but for it to turn out to be simply a bunch of fallen nobles angry that they were no longer nobles was incredibly disappointing and such a missed golden opportunity for politics to come into play and further flesh out the Celestica Empire's political scene for the reader in a way that not only makes sense, but draws a clear comparison readers can make between our world and the world within the novel, which would've further grounded it in reality and had given the novel a foundation to stand on.

Both the MC and the ML have had a traumatic, abusive, childhood. The MC copes by being quiet and submissive, trying to be as invisible as possible. This makes sense based on her low status. The story is primarily from the female lead's POV, but there are times when we get to see what the male lead is thinking and it seems that he has had an equally tragic upbringing. Though his status means that he did not suffer with hunger or cold, and he was not belittled by others, his father was abusive physically and emotionally. He was thrust into a leadership role and battle at the age of ten when his father committed su*cide after killing his mother.

He is overly focused on his duty and responsibility to the duchy, because that is all he knows. He has never had someone to talk with or confide in, and in fact has been warned since a young age that he could be betrayed at anytime. It is harder to understand his POV because of his status, but he was just as ab*sed as our MC and his understanding of human nature and emotions is severely lacking.