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It's not a major part since romance tends to take over the plot when it's around but there will be subtle romance in the latter half. A reader can easily ignore it if it's not their cup of tea. There will be a few secondary romances since it impacts narration less though, if you're just asking about romance in general. Mattheus will basically be with us watching people make fools of themselves because of love, haha. FYI, I don't care who readers ship together. Romance will not be a focus for Mattheus so y'all are free to go wild with your imaginations—or not. (Especially since best girl will not appear for a while yet.)

She "popped up later that evening" herself. I can't be an unbiased judged of my writing being rushed or not but if you meant the pacing, I don't like to drag things out unnecessarily. I don't want The Healing Crown to end up 4000 chapters long.

Marquis is French so the title would exist in the country Panniore but not in New Albion, which has English influences. A female with the rank, by the way, would be marchioness(English) or marquise(French).

Yeah. I never expected how expansive the cast would be when I first started writing this but have gotten to the point I'm resigned to cutting out a lot in narration to keep to the main storyline. Too much screen time and it would detract from the story of Mattheus Crown himself. (My outline is already pretty long and meandering would make it even longer...) On the other hand, I told my CE I didn't plan on adding side-stories once I finish this but have since changed my mind, haha. Too many unheard stories due to the main story following Mattheus instead of others like Lula, Holmes, or even Brunilda when she's off gallivanting around. Thanks for reviewing!

Hehehe~ ;)

omg I'm an idiot. I was going to start privilege chapters in January and must have pressed the wrong button. Let me publish more chapters now so everyone can see the last two updates. Thanks for bringing this up! And apologies for not noticing earlier.

Ah. I forgot to add the POV in parenthesis in the chapter title. Fixed and soz If you're asking why the perspective change, it's mostly because the world is pretty expansive and Mattheus is stuck in his little bubble. If you're asking why these kids, they're going to be significant secondary characters...? When... Just read on. How? Brunilda :) If it's Lula's abilities... You'll find out in Volume 3. XD;;

LOL It's not BL. Not those kinds of feelings. Mattheus assumes Illarion didn't like the Original because of the bad relationship with the brothers before. That Illarion hated him because of how the strained relationship hurt his best friend Edgar. It'll be revealed eventually but what Brunilda knows and Mattheus doesn't is the answer to one of the ongoing mysteries so far. XD

Pretty close! This is more something innate to the Lula's little group of orphans that grew up in a harsh environment. Brunilda definitely would not have *forced* them but she also understood why the kids are like that due to having seen some things in their old world. Mattheus, in contrast, is a bit sheltered since he's only grown up in NYC (not even the worst areas or projects).

Brunilda's name is on the rarer side and she uses her mother's maiden name too (Avis) since her paternal family is rather notorious *coughcough* Anyway, it's a regional version of Brünhild and most people shortened it to Nilda. "Brue" is an online nickname derived from a pun. We'll have a short trip to Mecane but Liam will come right after. ^-^