Uwaah, thanks for the shoutout! Lol, alas I have saved all my monster theories for ch 13’s comment section, but here’s looking forward to future plot developments so we can all theorise more!
Lol though, I so feel sorry for Cedric because you can practically see the seed of ‘so we can stay married if you’re convinced that you are a good empress’ being planted in his head for later. Really wincing when imagining how that convo will go.