@MtnCat
He's supposed to be an emperor, so he has to be an adult to rule.
The big question is why can't Jill be older? There's no reason she couldn't have been in her teens at least when this is all happening.
The 1st prince is such an ass, I don't want Shuli anywhere near him. Honestly I hope she can meet the 2nd prince soon when she's at the palace; he seems absolutely miserable and it's likely he's in a similar situation to Nora, with Prince Attention Whore stealing everybody's affection and...
I hope that the maid Elise is able to survive in this timeline. She and the freckled maid might get targeted for supporting Tia, especially when her mother is going to get territorial over being the marchioness of the Rozan estate.
When the prince actually meets Mielle and Aria officially, I hope Rain gets fired for his incompetency!! How can you not see that Mielle is an idiot!?! You're entire job seems to be to spy on the family for your master, but you can't make the deduction that Aria is the one you're looking for...
Honestly, I think Melissa's going to end up losing the duel no matter what, but because the only stipulation for losing was that the loser leaves Yuri's estate, Yuri's just gonna follow Melissa home instead of staying to get harassed by Peacock.
@RemIpsum, Honestly I'm one for a poly relationship between the 3 leads, but you're right that Nine's complete reliance on Melissa is an issue. I hope he gets more depth and character development further into the story.