This is taking too long for the FL to show she's capable of something logical and rational. She's irritatingly arrogant.
Also, attempted rape by ML at the beginning. Yes, yes it is. Sure, he was under the influence of an aphrodisiac but his very lucid words as he's sexually taunting the FL tells us he was going to rape the FL even without an excuse because he was horny.
In fact, after escaping, his aide asks, "Master! The poison!"
ML's exact words? "No matter, if I don't have the strength to suppress a mere poison, that woman would laugh!"
In other words, yes, it was 100% attempted rape. He always had the ability to get rid of the poison without sex. He was going to rape FL if she hadn't found the strength to slash him.
Also his aide is outrageous. He made one helluva dynamic entry and, with breathtaking audacity, exclaims, "Woman, how dare you show my Lord such disrespect!" after the ML called for help as FL slashed him while defending herself from being raped.
LMFAO What the actual, literal fuck?
1.) This was after the idiotic ML breaks into the FL's house and room,
2.) Blindfolds and ties her up,
3.) Steals her mother's special meds and then EATS it without FL's permission,
AND last but certainly not least,
4.) sexually assaults the tied-up FL.
I'm just...I...what even was that entire sequence of events?! Who's disrespecting whom again, aide?!
This tells me all I need to know about ML...unless the translator drastically fucked up the translation of such a delicate, easily misinterpreted situation. (HOW?) Which isn't out of the question.
The absolute idiot of an FL made that aphrodisiac, btw. She admitted to not reading the entire recipe so the sexual side affects caugh her off guard. Let me repeat that: FL somehow made an aphrodisiac without realizing it.
(IT IS NEVER THE VICTIM'S FAULT FOR BEING RAPED.) However this FL is definitely at fault for her inattentive attitude to such a dangerous concoction.
I have no words. The sheer stupidity in just the first 15 chapters. My lordt!
ATTENTION wanna-be creatives!! Don't be like this artist/writer. They did NOT show their work to back up the reason why FL can be so damned uppity. Saying she has a cheat ability is not showing us how she cleverly uses that cheat ability.
Don't do this, damn it. It just makes your reader/audience question your intelligence.
I expect mystery in this kind of thing but everyone is so damned annoying I don't even care.