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Generally enjoy this, but echoing what it appears at least one other has said about not feeling like there is much control of the MC/the MC's personality. 

My main frustrations come from the anger that appears to be focused solely on the King and not at all targeted toward her own sister, who really started the whole war, along with the MC's lack of... interest, I guess... in gaining a better understanding of why her family is viewed the way it is. For example, I immediately started wondering if there was more to the story regarding her own parents, even, but MC has never thought to ask questions about any of that. My other frustration is with how MC treats the Prince. MC, in essence, views the Prince the same way that the King views her - guilty purely because of association with the actual culprit, which really just makes MC read as a hypocrite to me. Perhaps these are just growing pangs and as MC matures, they will come to some of these realizations, and I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority with my thoughts based on most other comments I've read.  

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Hey! Thank you for giving me your opinion. I want to say that even if you feel as if your opinion is in the minority, I think it's good that you express it! It also allows me to engage in a conversation about why I did this and that in the story which is good.

My thought process while writing chapter 2, which is what I think is the main part where your complaints rise from, was that MC is still in the process of grieving. Yes, it's been 6 years since the death of their family but it affects them quite deeply as it happened in their childhood.

To me, when someone is grieving it's a lot easier to point the finger towards the closest person they can blame and for this chapter that person is still Luceris and not their sister. The player will get the option to determine how they feel about their sister in the near future but for now it's so much easier to blame the king.

And due to their grief they are merely going through the motions of the life they were thrown into and not quite living or trying to live and understand the world around them.

About the part with the prince, I don't think I wrote it in a way that acts as if Luceris and Helios are equally as guilty. Just like Helios maintains his distance with MC, they do as well but I suppose it could come off like that.

Of course this is just what I think and since I'm the author my opinions are the base of everything but you can have your own opinions too and they are perfectly valid.

I will be adding more personality choices to the current demo, mainly stoic/sly/manipulative kind. If you have any suggestions, let me know!

Once again, thank you and I hope this helps you understand where I'm coming from. 💗