Honestly, the redheaded brother doesn’t seem to know how managing powerful ppl works so he judges Desa’s actions without understanding and the king is too weak politically to protect a powerless Desa from the enemies she’s made and the author isn’t showing him doing anything to fix that. Desa herself doesn’t know how to manage powerful ppl (she relied on brute force) so even if she remains the Empress she’d be bad at politics. Desa becoming mortal would be a death sentence at this time. They need to solidify the royal power structure first.
I thought that Desa was doing this so that the king could show the nobles and Desa herself that he didn’t need her power to rule but he’s falling apart instead.
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Honestly, the redheaded brother doesn’t seem to know how managing powerful ppl works so he judges Desa’s actions without understanding and the king is too weak politically to protect a powerless Desa from the enemies she’s made and the author isn’t showing him doing anything to fix that. Desa herself doesn’t know how to manage powerful ppl (she relied on brute force) so even if she remains the Empress she’d be bad at politics. Desa becoming mortal would be a death sentence at this time. They need to solidify the royal power structure first.
I thought that Desa was doing this so that the king could show the nobles and Desa herself that he didn’t need her power to rule but he’s falling apart instead.