I've read this and like it a lot. The world is really interesting, and while the plot hasn't gone too far, it looks like a pretty safe bet for a pretty good grand-fantasy adventure story. TLDR is Princess Elda is gonna get married off to some rando noble for a political alliance, and she doesn't like that, so she bamboozles her way into being selected as The Chosen One of her generation. She is then sent off on a typical fantasy quest to Find The Maguffin (in this case, a magical relic that belonged to her ancestor, the original queen).

The twist, and the thing that makes this story really compelling, is that she's not sent off alone. In fact, she gets a personal bodyguard on the journey, who is magically compelled to ensure her safety and who will die if she dies. And for that role, she picked a gladiator that had been born and raised in the fighting pits. It's just that this gladiator wants nothing to do with her.

And that's the whole story in a nutshell. Elda's thirsty as fuck for the hapless gladiator she has known and watched fight for basically her whole life, and she shanghai'd and magically bound him into becoming her personal slave/bodyguard for her search for the maguffin. While Vera, the gladiator, wants nothing more than to fuck off and catch back up with his friends, whose freedom he bought by agreeing to serve her. And the two of them collide like oncoming trains, bouncing off and around each other in new and interesting ways with every chapter.

The dynamic between them is great. Elda is conniving, manipulative, and arrogant, while Vera is straightforward, honest, and direct. They clash with each other hard, and yet there's clear and obvious chemistry between them that is just a delight to watch unfold. That relationship is most definitely the heart of the story, and how they shape and change each other is gonna be the thing that draws people to this.

It's still early in the story, being only 24 chapters into what's likely a 150+ tale, but there's already been some interesting developments in their dynamic, and I'm very much looking forward to where it goes from here.

Overall, I give it a solid 5/5 for now. If Elda and that whole dynamic fails to evolve like it looks poised to, I'll have to drop my rating substantially, but as of right now, I adore this comic.