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she was suppossed to be best friend with MC's mom, but what kind of bestie would steal her friend's child from the father who loved his son and just watch calmly as the real child was ignored by the father in place of a fake? It was depicted as the joke of the century in the novel but I couldn't help but imagine the 'what if' if the MC grew up as an imperial crown prince with the full support of his doting father and the sea kingdom. The two sides could've made up much sooner and the dispute between them might be unnecessary.
And to think that it's all because of a deluded idea of a supposed best friend. If she really thought about MC's or her friend's sake, she should've return the egg to the sea kingdom if she thought the king was at fault, but she deliberately deprived an innocent child of his father's love and just watch as he was ignored by the latter. In any other novel, she would've been that fake best friend who stole the queen's crown, the child and the glory for her family from her bestie.
Just think about it, she became a queen and gained a grand conferrence ceremony, the status and wealth for her declining noble family, and the glory of the queen which could've belonged to her best friend, but she was able to watch calmly as the supposed crown prince was ignored by the father who would've loved him so much. When I read the king's pov, I think it was a mix of his possessiveness of MC's mom, his love towards their unborn child and his inherent weakness when he was still a powerless prince... But it was true that he loved the mother and son so much. They'd be the perfect example of a baka couple who only have eyes for each other (and MC) if their love story ended happily. It's a pity that the way the author wrote and joked about it was so tacky. But this novel's mainly comedy, anyway.
[collapse]All in all, a real best friend would've tried to mediate and untangle the misunderstading between the two lovers. I feel that they would've made up if they understood each other better since what I noticed from the king's POV is that the MC and his mom might have the same habit and personality, so they're both spoiled fishes who are easily coaxed by their lovers. Then, the sea princess could've helped him to the throne if he really wanted that crown with the support of the sea kingdom or they could've lived as a normal but loving family of three. But no, the queen just has to be selfish and watch as the couple broke up, be the wife of her best friend's ex, conferred as a great empire's queen and stole the baby MC under his father's nose. I'm sure that she didn't even care about MC that meticulously, from how the MC grew up implied.