Wow~ he best hope she falls for him else he's dead lol. I can't believe she brainwashed herself but I kinda can- in all these noble manwha being Empress is more or less depicted to be a hollow existence.
That witch is HIGH fine 🥴 Also, BACK TO CHILDREN?! Please gohd I hope this isnt smth like those other webtoons I've read where they covered THE ENTIRE CHILDHOOD spanning 100++ chapters before character development 😱😥👀
so apparently this chapter translation just skipped some entire panels, and some text is wrong :S I have read it elsewhere and it makes way more sense now. the empress was not happy and made a deal with the witch to cast a spell that would make her happy. so I guess the payment was her life