P.s 1: the boobs of the girls really look bad.
P.s 2: This manga has a lot of mental warfare between hierarchical power struggles
In most other manga's cases, I kinda would agree that the mob character type would only be able to get the Females leads attention if they did something rreeeaaalllyyy particular to get them to fall for the ML.
But Cyril.
Cyril my boy.
It's only chapter 1, but your personality? Attitude?
Mein gott, even I felt that no one can NOT like you and you expected.... all the girls to leave you alone?
:D Cyril my boy, you have the personality of every 'dang, he's super cool' butlers in every manga I see and you bet people fall for YOU rather than the.... other ML with stereotype traits (´-`)
2: Cyril and his Miss, at 12 year old, dealing with nobility rules and what not.
The maid: .......Mein gott, these kids be dealing wh heavy sh1t at 12 y.o!?
3: Cyril - very young, already very competent, very knowledgeable, very talented, very composed, very cool, also wears glasses :D and you're still wondering why your Miss fell in love wirh you(I do too, but I know the FL will flip, so I'll just admire you from beyond my screen)
4: cyril: *sigh* we took the dark guild's goods... I can't not resolve this. It seems I'll have to visit the dark guild.
Me: aren't you.... like........... 12...?
5: Yo. Call girl. Did u seriously just jiggle ur 2 chest fats to a 12 y.o to seduce him???
Also 5: Cyril, my boy.... you seriously need acting lessons on "How to act 12 y.o"
5, again: Oh? Do I see a blush? Also, Cyril... you're making her fall deeper in love wh u, stop that. Also, did u just say "raise" to her face? Bruv. Bruv.
7: Oh mah lords. This story had stronger emphasis on hierarchical politics than I thought---?
8: I came to this series after reading a lot, a Lot, a LOt, A LOT of korean romance shoujo webtoons so----- all the 'behind the scene' motives and plots and power struggle is so shocking(´°‐°`) this wasn't JUST a cute romance manga at all (;∀;) 12 y.olds are running around making factions against the imperial family. I'm not used to this(⚲□⚲)
10: Can't believe I'm saying this but... for once, I dislike this dense character. Worst is he is a prince. He is making the societal powers around him move, even though he is being ignorant about it when things go bad just because of his teeny tiny move. Arse.
11: Usually I dislike MLs who cannot reject cause they are push overs but....... THESE 12 YEAR OLDS. USE FRIGGIN HIERARCHICAL POWER STRUGGLES. TO FRICKING---- fooooooooohhhhhhhhhh I'm soooooooooooo
12: Gosh, with so many connotations in speech, OF COURSE THAT DUMB UNTHINKING PRINCE WOULD NEVER READ ALONG THE LINES!!!
14:
Sophia: I've overstepped my boundaries!!
Cyril: No! You had to tak it on as the 2nd highest position!
Sophia: ....You think so?
Cyril: *smiling*
Also Cyril: *shifts his eyes away*
Sophia: You didn't look me in the eye!!
Oh, just a side note for anyone reading this: I have no intention of painting Cyril's acts of grooming Sophia as 'good', 'right' or 'cute'. I will never deny it is a form of grooming. However, I am also just reading the story as it goes. Consider it as turning my brain off.
16: *jaw drop* wait... don't tell me......... Is this not a normal shoujo romance drama with comedy!?
17: *groans* so it WAS 'that' kind of plot twist....
18: I dunno Cyril. Why wud she blush hearing the word "punish"?
19: "Oh, and you're good with your tongue too, huh?" - not me turning off my brain to rwad but accidentally turning on the indecent brain just from this sentence
19: I know I said Cyril's actions are acts of grooming, and I still think he is. But here's the thing I realised after the 'plot twist' and few more chaptersーーーーーーー: EVERYONE IS MANIPULATIVE!!!! EVERY. FRICKING. ONE. IN. HERE. IS. MANIPULATIVE!!! That dense, idiotic prince was the only not that was too innocent to the point of being annoying, but at the end of the day, he was practically the only 'normal' one ( ߹꒳߹ ) I don no wat 2 feel
20: Cyril: *teaching the Prince to read along the lines and riddle-ish statements*
Also Prince: *doesn't understand* *whips head to look at Cyril this was such a tense situation, but this part was too sad that it was funny
For a reincarnated dude who knows the world is a game, he really has a tight restriction for himself as a "butler"
21: There's 3 people confirmed, but maybe more
24: Otome game lead: "The heroine in this play is weird."
Cyril: Did she just diss a character that's based on herself?
Otome game lead: "And I think her innocence is an act."
Cyril: Should you be saying that about yourself?!
Otome game Lead: "And how could she steal the Prince!"
Cyril: Should you really be saying that about yourself???!!!!
28: And I oop, Cyril.
AND I OOP, CYRIL, WHAT HAVE U DONE, YOU MONSTROUS PERFECT MALE, YOU
Cyril. Cyril, just--- ....Cyril.
Characters in his manga: *speaking using subtle context in every line they say*
Me: *subtext completely lost and flying over my brain* *waits for a character to explain said lost subtext* (›´-`‹ )
Ps 3: character I like least: Melissa much idiotic hypocrite.
32.2: ( ºロº) ---uuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh.......? (p.s, the reincarnator's past life HAS MAGIC. it's not like our real world that's magicless. However, their magical world also have modern tech like us. Ps 2: you can see how MC's past life's sister looks like in ch1.1