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It's about 2.5, I'd say? Some of it is because it feels like it's ending early rather than being planned to end, IMO, the pacing of the story so far doesn't seem like it fits with the listed end chapter (77). The author really likes drawing from different stories and mythologies, expect to see a lot of references (or odd name drops).Premise is, MC is a notorious mercenary who gets his identity, body, etc changed by a witch so he can take on a job to protect the cursed princess as her sole maid (maybe should have learned to cook first...). The royal curse stays with the affected person until they die, at which point it will jump to the youngest family member alive. This means some parties have a vested interest in killing the princess for politics while others need her to stay alive to contain the curse, and changes (like new births) can shift these stances. That is actually an interesting story tool to work with, I liked the possibilities of it. Long story short, in the process of this job MC and princess get closer and seek to understand each other more, with MC deciding its his/her new goal to free her of her curse.The story isn't terrible, there's some pretty good sections, but there are also a lot of loose ideas. Some parts seem to just be to add details that don't mesh well, or have a reason, or aren't followed up on. Like, MC is a scoundrel for hire who goes job to job and only cares about gambling and alcohol, but is also famed for rabid loyalty? There's a rival assassin who had the same body thing happen because...? Does the church have a stake in this? Backstories and other info haven't covered enough to fill in a lot of the gaps so far, and since it it ends at c77 I don't think it has enough time to develop anything too much further.-----------------------------So, the translation. The TL to Eng is great but as the chapters go on the word choices start getting weirder. Putting it honestly, it's like whoever is doing it lately is trying really hard to sound as intelligent as possible. If there's an option to pick the most pointlessly academic word, they'll take it more often than not. Two sentences picked almost at random from skimming recent chapters, for example:
- Rife with trepidations yet unable to disregard its tantalizing implications regarding Princess Sibylla's fate, the chamberlain felt compelled to honor the directives.
- The two, who customarily eschewed superfluous interaction or discourse by communicating solely through Dorothy as an intermediary, now found themselves inadvertently startling one another whenever their trajectories converged within the confines of the cramped domicile during Dorothy's absence.