Thank you for translating this 🙂

I feel that the male lead is a romantic at heart. At first I thought he would be an ice-cold general. Turns out that he acts more like a proud and stubborn prince. And the female lead is a pampered heiress. Although she lost her good look, she doesn’t have time to dwell because she was thinking more of surviving and planning on how to go back to her time (and the lack of mirror in the desert also helps a lot!). Every time they interact, chaos is sure to follow. Even though i’m sure that the romance may have cliches in the future (such as jealousy, emotional turbulance, love at first sight for side characters etc), I like reading about strategies and how to counter enemies (be it military, politics etc). Also, I think that both leads are novice in romance. I hope they have a happy ending. I just feel bad for the grandpa~~~

just. bad.

the fact that i’m giving this story a 2/5 is, honestly, because i feel bad for the translator. they’re putting actual effort into this, and i’m uncomfortable not giving them some credit. that being said, this story and it’s MC is incomparably awful. the worst part of it all? it did have potential. the concept of loving someone for their personality, rather than their looks, isn’t something particularly innovative, but it could’ve been executed well. this story, however, was not. WQQ, our protag, is honestly the most delusional, one-dimensional, self-centered female lead i have ever seen. if you’ve ever read a system novel where the MC has to overthrow the female leads of different worlds, those female leads are what WQQ reminds me of. a poorly written, unlikable character. there’s also the fact that she seems to have some kind of halo protecting her from any actual retribution. (not, like, plotwise. no, because that would make too much sense! just, the author being biased towards their own character and giving them everything and it making absolutely NO SENSE in the context to the time period and people’s mindsets.) also, the progression of affection coming from the love interest is truly baffling to me. like, i would understand falling for the MC if she had a half-way decent personality, but she’s literally The Worst. the only thing she’s contributed in the form of anything was her helping with the war by making??? bombs???? or something? (i’d also like to point out that, for being from the modern era, she seems pretty friggin’ blase about taking lives. something that’s kind of just glossed over? like, black-bellied characters can be likable, but the author passes this off as some sort of quirky trait. which is pretty infantile and gross.) oh! she was also given military rank and had no problems integrating herself into that position. so, you know, there’s that baffling tidbit too. i cannot stress enough how the duke’s growing affection for her makes no sense. i would believe it more if you told me he was under some sort of insidious spell! i honestly don’t know how to explain it, it just feels super out of place. anyway, there’s a lot wrong here. way more than i even mentioned, but this rant/review has been long enough! maybe it’ll get better, and there’ll be actual character growth? i’m not holding my breath though