the MC does alot of things to try to keep his identity a secret while slowly getting to know the ML while in disguise. I would have preferred to see them fall in love in their meetings and then reveal that the MC was the one night stand. It would have been great if it was like that.

instead we see the ML make a fool out of the MC over and over when the MC was trying to hide his identity and not once did the MC successfully one up the ML (not even something small like winning a game! Nope! He only got the badge cuz the ML let him ugh!) making me so angry on his behalf. And in the end instead of detectiving the MCs identity out the ML uses a sleep drug to search the MCs body to find the nipple ring.

that was the last straw for me. It just felt like he thoroughly disrespected the MC. Even tho he had said that if he didn’t want to get to know him he’d respect his choice. So much for that. The MC just seemed so helpless when it came to going against the ml. Like nothing he could do would work and could only “win” if the ML let him.

from what ive read the novel is pretty good and it just comes down to my own incompatibility with this type of ml. I just hate the mocking type especially when the counterpart is a tsundere. Ugh I need some generic face slapping to wash down the after taste of this novel!

The game that MC won a badge in was a "hunting" competition amongst nobility/rich and powerful. MC can't fight, thats why ML lets him win and teams up with him, it was also because ML needed to bring him to a specific area for plot reasons.

Second, ML used sleep drugs on MC to strip search him because he thought MC was an enemy spy not because he was looking for the ring. ML is the marshal of the empire and he was looking for proof that MC was a traitor because MC was acting suspicious and kept showing up in suspicious places around him. He wasn't expecting to find it at that time, so when he finds the ring ML basically goes "oh sh*t no wonder he was acting weird."

Yes, I like how gently persistent the ML is, and the main CPs kissing scenes were good and teasing, but it just stops dead right there. You never even know when they move further.

I really can't get over with how the ML fall in love at first f*ck for the MC lol. And the worm prince is also such a cutie, what an airheaded baby xD. His and MC's various encounters is such a bizzare thing but you would laugh and love it at the same time.