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“War hero forced to marry insane princess who may be faking madness.”
Behind Her Highness's Smile
살아남은 왕녀의 웃음 뒤에는
7.3
5,348 rank · 2,500 readers · 11 favorites
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
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Synopsis
War hero forced to marry insane princess who may be faking madness.
When the king offers Aerik Cladinae his own sister's hand in marriage for his meritorious deeds in battle, he didn't expect to get saddled with a limping, drooling woman like Miesa Esquillre. Driven insane by her brother's physical and psychological torture, Miesa rolls around on the ground, spills food all over herself, and screams unintelligebly as a way of communicating. But sometimes, Aerik catches a flash of shrewd understanding behind those vacant eyes. Is Miesa truly as mad as everyone thinks... or is she hiding something? (Source: Webtoon Entertainment)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
6.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 2
σ 3.40
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.40 · split reception
The polarity gap
8.0 pts
Recommenders 10.0 · others 2.0
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No
Score over time
↑ 4.67
Running avg · Oct 2025 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This Manhwa definitely has a rough start that doesn't even start to get better for the first bit. After getting through that part you start to get sucked into the story. Yes it has many elements of...”
- 10 “Coming in I was pretty worried about this story being full of angst but it surprisingly wasn’t. This series does an incredible job at balancing a dark tone with a light of hope without making the...”
- 2 “Absolutely garbage manhwa. Like most shoujo manhwas it follows the same fucking pattern. Villain king who's abusive to female lead. The villain acts like that cause he also has some kind of trauma....”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manhwa Publication
- Published May 2024 – ongoing
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M76050 catalog