@kaarme funny you should say that, because take a look at politics (for example) in the US where the president is literally an oversized giant orange baby that has immature men on his side and both the left and right takes any opportunity or incidents and turn it into a political matter. In a way, the state of affairs in this manhwa reflects a bit that of real world politics
@Kaarme Did you forget the story already or sth? It's explicitly implied that the left + right mages DGAF about the country. We were even given backstory about how they were outright broken people who were only in it bc of the archmage. In the past, Arcus NEVER opened its door, and now it tries to be chummy w/ the empire ONLY bc of the Archmage. Maybe they're smart, but they got dependency issues.
@teddyhunter@Oukishi The left and right court mages ought to be super competent mages. How did they get so strong despite having such mental issues? You would think Arcus would be a meritocracy to a significant extent. Maybe I should recheck the early chapters to see if it was nepotism that allowed them to, but with the old chapters taking minutes to load, who has got time for it?
Dropped and picked at the same time is so much better than dropped and abandoned forever.
Thank you for all your hard work till now Juicy, I'll be glad to follow Astral's releases from now on!