The prince and his entourage need to receive broken noses for obvious reasons. The father should be solidly kicked between the legs. The brother should get a nail ripped off. The mother is the only character I feel pity for, and she was the only one who I feel got any comeuppance at all (in the form of seeing her daughter seemingly happier without her), the one who didn't deserve it.

Honestly, I want to slap the protagonist as well, but she doesn't deserve it. She's very meek, and the reasons she is are convincing. Her running away makes sense, too, though not for the phoned in reason of cowardice, but the fact that the father blamed her for not standing up for herself and 'shaming the duke's household', after making it clear he believes she didn't do anything wrong to the fraud chick... yeah, I'd say she was right about him thinking of her as a pawn, and my opinion hasn't been improved knowing everything. If her father and the king thought she and the prince were unsuited for each other, then they should've just broke the engagement and not manipulated things to the point where the ONLY INNOCENT ONE reached her downfall, then victim blamed her because she didn't criticize the frickin' CROWN PRINCE in front of his vicious entourage and her seemingly backstabbing brother?! And going so far as to say she's shamed the Ducal Household? When in truth the father's secret machinations are what led to her shame? And we're supposed to sympathize with this man and think him just and smart? Are you kidding me?

Even though the father apologizes for it, I'd be like 'peace, homies, I'm out.'

First it has that damn, glorious life of a commoner in a feudal society trope. Let me say this, being a commoner girl is not like being a middle class Japanese HS student in the 21st century. Well unless they can be killed or r*ped without repercussion, and anyone claiming nobility can walk into their place of business and requisition goods or them at will it's not

2nd She's been engaged to the CP for 10+ years, she has lost that time, she's lost 6 months of her education and she has her gpod name sullied. When CP comes to apologize it's I need to see your sincerity???? Jeebus she's been working a tavern wench (once again not a great profession in those days as it was accompanied with prostitution). Words are nice actual compensation is better

3rd Is the ultimate problem, the writing is bland. I mean it's vacuous. You just don't care. Even if you get past the whole daily record of a Japanese HS girl with medieval props, it's just do not care. You don't care about her school festival in the town. You don't care what happens to the white lotus. You don't care about the obvious love interest. You don't even care that her ;ife was ruined.

Why won't you care? Because she doesn't care. She's more blase than an internet junkie on thorazine

When I read the summary I thought 'oh how nice, so this time instead of the prince (ex-fiancee) became the annoying antagonist, he reflected on his bad behaviour to the MC and they would be back with each other'. But no it's the usual plot that another character became the lover of MC. What's the use of that summary (._.). The prince was really just came to apologize. IMO he wasn't that bad or as annoying as that 2nd prince from duke's daughter. If I'm not wrong, the prince became a support character in the end