A trip to the world of manhwa

Charlotte Febis is Maria's opponent, 16 years old. Appearance: Black hair and red eyes. Status: Aristocrat. Personality: Envious, vengeful, traumatized, and lonely—a typical manhwa villain. Father Rudrik Febis manages diamond mines; the family is influential and well-known, despite his daughter's terrible reputation. Their relationship with her is terrible. They don't ask why his daughter behaves the way she does, and they just talk. He was raised to see women as tools and accessories to men. There's a wall between the wallpaper. The villain's mother died at her birth. After this incident, the relationship between daughter and father deteriorated.

Maria Grench is the heroine of the story, 16 years old. Status: Servant. Appearance: pink hair and blue eyes. Character: naive, kind - a typical heroine in such works. Her family was once noble, but after being set up by another family, she became a former noblewoman and her aunt helped her get into the palace as a servant. After his wife's death, her father, Makin Grench, began gambling and drinking. He eventually fell into debt and had to sell his estate and his status. They moved farther from the capital and lived there until she was 12, after which her aunt took him in, raised him, and then got him a job as a servant in the palace. She doesn't remember her mother; she died when she was seven, and their relationship was strained. She pretends to be stupid, because that's how she gets attention from others and is convenient. Girls who show intelligence are considered witches and eliminated. In reality, Maria is a smart girl who has adapted to the social norms and is afraid to reveal her true self. She doesn't understand Charlotte (the villain) and her suffering. She doesn't know that she's married to a prince and suffers. She hasn't seen his terrible side.

Derek Ofal, 18, is one of the contenders for the throne and Mary's hand in marriage. Appearance: Red hair, green eyes. Status: Prince. Personality: Womanizer, calculating, cunning, two-faced, good-natured, foolish—a typical prince of this genre. He was born to an emperor and a former empress. His mother, then his brother's future mother, killed him when he was seven. His brother's mother has always considered him as worthless as their mother. He and his assistant work by the book. But in reality, he has no idea how to govern a country or anything like that. There's a struggle for the throne. He's been married to a villain since he was 12, only his parents didn't bother him. He doesn't consider his love affairs to be infidelity and doesn't understand why she, who has loved him all these years, is offended by it. His father is the only one who supports his son; he married another empress, and despite the demands of the nobility, he doesn't love her. He's plotting how to eliminate his wife.

Karal Ofal is the second son of the Emperor and Empress, 18 years old. Appearance: Yellow hair and blue eyes. Status: Lost Prince. Character: Unknown. His parents wanted to kill him because he resembled his sister, the Empress, whom she had killed for her own reasons. He was saved from this by a servant who secretly deposited him with another family and produced evidence that she had "killed" him. He grew up and is gathering people for a rebellion. His parents have really gotten on the nerves of the common people with their laws.

The villain has her own problem: the man who loved her throughout her childhood has suddenly started spending time with Maria. Despite all his antics, the prince never returns to his former self. On the contrary, he turns away even more. Her life fell apart after her mother's death. Her own father turned his back on her. Hysterics and unacceptable behavior only temporarily attract attention and make things worse. The heroine had a difficult childhood. Afterward, she decided to play the role that would give her everything she needed. Is the real her afraid to reveal herself, lest everything collapse and she lose everything? She envies Charlotte, who lives in luxury, and doesn't understand her behavior or what she has to do with it. Derek has gotten everything he wanted his whole life, and playing with emotions is a new pastime. Maria is something unusual for him, something he's never seen before. And Charlotte is the only one he married at 12 so his parents wouldn't bother him with marriage. He doesn't love her and enjoys making her angry and jealous. The throne is the most important thing now.

Fleur Schoy - Derek's protector, 18 years old. Status: personal knight. Appearance: black hair and yellow eyes. Personality: steadfast, brave and stubborn, shy - an adequate male character among the others. An orphan whose parents died at a young age, he was taken in by the emperor when he was young and trained to be a knight. He became Derek's support system and is with him everywhere. He sees the prince's behavior toward the common people, but fears losing his stability and position. He likes the main character, but doesn't understand the villain's mockery of Maria. He doesn't know the prince's true behavior, so he doesn't understand the reason for Charlotte's behavior. He secretly helps the second prince.

Arik Hopei is a worker at the Magic Tower. Status: Mage. Appearance: Long white hair in a ponytail and purple eyes. Personality: Domineering, overprotective, greedy—the second abnormal type from the manga. He was born into a poor family; his mother died when he was eight. When magic was discovered at the church during the annual free magic test, he was sent to the magic academy. Things were tough there due to bullying and the fact that he was from a poor family. He later graduated at the top of his class and began working at the magic tower. He fell in love with the heroine when he visited the first prince on business and met her while she was cleaning the floors. He has lived alone and thinks only of Maria. He is cursed with a curse that drives him mad.

Alfred Donik, secretary at the palace, 18 years old. Status: secretary to the emperor. Appearance: hidden elven ears, orange eyes and long blue hair, long clawed fingers on one ring, always smiling. Personality: curious, attentive, straightforward, cunning—more or less a character. His elven family was killed; historically, humans considered this species a threat and persecuted and exterminated the race. After what he saw, he decided to hide it. He was taken in by another family and raised. He studied at the academy, then graduated and was hired as a palace secretary. He met Arik and interacted with him. They became friends. As a bystander, he watches all this drama and doesn't interfere. He finds the villain interesting. He speaks his mind about everything and everyone, including the First Prince and his father.

Malf Hertz is one of the First Prince's close friends, about 18 years old. Status: Duke. Appearance: Luxurious red hair and blue eyes. Personality: Unknown and a mysterious figure in society. However, he is the head of the "Marinovka" guild, which gathers information and carries out assassination orders. He met Marina at the ball, when he saw her outside the ballroom and she was looking out the window. He doesn't fully understand his feelings for her. His parents ignored him throughout his childhood and continue to do so. They married for convenience from their parents. Maria is something I've never seen in my life. He shows intense, even abnormal, interest. No worse than Prince Derek, but no better.