b*tch

Her backstory is also s*upidly, completely, and utterly cliche. Ab*sed and tortured bc she’s got a “humble” background (which doesn’t make sense bc she’s introduced as a daughter of a duke from the north so unless she was adopted and I missed that detail then???) and has red eyes with black hair which is the penultimate “ominous” appearance combo the author uses when they want to needlessly ab*se the FL to give her a sad backstory and cause for her revenge.

In these 10 chapters we also get a glimpse at her family and they’re cartoonishly evil, quick to have her tortured and for why??? Who knows. Probably some other unnecessary past issue. Who wants to bet it’s bc she “caused” her mother’s death simply by being born?

Like the description explains, she gets accused of trying to assassinate the other saintess candidate but I have almost no doubt that it will be a ridiculous plot line bc remiel is everyone’s beloved and most precious person and Irene is treated like absolute gutter tr*sh so how tf would she ever get the time/privacy/resources to attempt such a thing?? Anyway, no one bothers to investigate. They just throw her into the “tower of death” and let her get ab*sed and tortured some more even tho she’s supposed to be a saintess candidate. Everyone is so sure it’s remiel so they don’t even think twice about practically killing Irene.

Cold, aloof, mysterious Duke—I mean king of the north convinces her to live by telling her she can get revenge and he’ll help her. Blah. Blah. Blah. Maybe I’ll check back in, in another 40 or so chapters, to see if any of my predictions are correct but I also doubt it bc this story already annoys me

also, as a side note bc I’m sure someone will call me sensitive, but the only king with an ”exotic” name Shah Naz (iirc) is portrayed as the hot headed, dumb brute who just blindly loves Remiel. To the point of openly and nearly shamelessly blaspheming the very Goddess they claim to worship and respect. Not at all looking forward to how that will develop, or the subsequent manhwa where they make him the only tan skinned character and gives him insensitive, borderline racist illustration/character design details to imply he’s SEA.

The king of North had asked to make a deal that will be fair for the both of them after she agrees with his plans, but she shoots him down, telling him that her being alive is more than enough for it be a fair deal and she will never make a fair deal with him. The other kings have tried to make some sort of deal with her too, but she will retort of what they put her through instead of a proper answer. She constantly reminds all the kings that she doesn't trust any of them.

A lot of people around the FL critic her appearance up until her ceremony as she shares the same outward traits as a demon, thus leading to her cruel treatment by everyone. The goddess explains to the FL that she is beautiful although she shares the same characteristics as the demons, as they once used to be her children too. The goddess wants to correct the bad image of black hair and red eyes as all colors are beautiful.